New Dimensions of Museums: 3D Digitisation and Digital Documentation of Cultural Heritage -

📅 March 25–26, 2026

📍 Sofia, ICCT, bl.2, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Sofia 1113

🎤 Working language: Bulgarian

Organisers:

3D Digitisation Laboratory at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

European Digital Innovation Hub "Zagore"

FOCUS - Promoting digital cultural heritage through open innovation and open science

CLaDA-BG - Electronic infrastructure for resources and technologies for the Bulgarian linguistic and cultural heritage

Purpose of the event

In recent years, museums in Bulgaria have entered new areas of digitisation without strategic or infrastructural support, leading to significant diversity in practices, approaches, and the quality of work. This event aims to lay the foundations for a coordinated and strategic approach in two of the relatively new areas - 3D digitisation and documentation of cultural heritage with digital technologies in Bulgarian museums. The focus is on sustainable technological solutions, data management, legal clarity and integration of 3D content into institutional policies and practices.

Programme

March 25 – Practical Demonstrations and Expert Discussion

13:00 – 13:20
Opening – Prof. Ivan Georgiev

13:20 – 14:00
Prof. Kiril Simov - Information System for Collection Description

14:00 – 14:40
Stefan Marinov, Dr Zhivko Angelov, Prof. Kiril Simov - Applications for Museums, Encyclopedias and New Research

14:40 – 15:00
Coffee break

15:00 – 15:40
Senior Assistant Georgi Eftimov, Valentin Petkov - Three-dimensional Laser Scanning - 3D printing

15:40 – 16:20
Daniela Mihaylova – 360° Photography: Virtual Tour of the Museum

16:20 – 17:00
Senior Assistant Miglena Raykovska, Dr Pavel Georgiev – Photography and Photogrammetry

17:00 – 17:40
Asst. Nikolay Petkov – Virtual Presentation of Digitised Museum Explosions

19:00
Formal Dinner

March 26 – Strategy, Legal Frameworks and Intangible Heritage and Demonstrations

09:00 – 09:40
Assoc. Prof. Milena Dobreva – Digital Strategy of Museums
Strategic Planning of 3D digitisation: Infrastructure, Standards, Data Management and Integration into Museum Policies.

09:40 – 10:20
Ivo Milev – Legal Aspects of 3D Digitisation
Copyright, digital reproduction rights and reuse of 3D models.

10:20 – 10:40
Coffee Break

10:40 – 11:20
Dr Mirena Staneva (Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe under the Auspices of UNESCO) – Digitisation of Intangible Heritage
Challenges and good practices in the digital documentation of intangible heritage.

11:20 – 13:00
Demonstrations (3D Digitisation Laboratory )

13:00 – 13:30
Closing Discussion