Vincent Lefèvre - Reaching Out: Endangered Sites Through Digital Initiatives

1. Reaching Out Endangered Sites
Through Digital Initiatives : Some
French Experiments
Vincent Lefèvre
Ministry of Culture and Communication, France
24 June

2. Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage
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3. Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage
Axis III: fight against illegal trafficking by strengthening the
traceability of works and the applicable sanctions
13. Publish / scan as widely as possible the works (excavation
findings, museum collections, artefacts seized at customs, etc.)
14. Establish, at least at European level, a single database of stolen or
seized cultural property
15. Encourage people and institutions of countries in conflict to post
pictures of their heritage and collections

4. Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage
Axis IV: Keep the memory of sites to better protect, publicize and
build their future
38. Launch a 3D digitization plan of heritage sites
39. Work on the creation of interpretation centres, notably on the site
of Palmyra
40. Establish a collaborative platform at European level
41. Encourage the development of virtual tours of destroyed or
endangered sites

5. Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage
Axis V: Strengthening cooperation between museums to protect
collections and disseminating knowledge
49. Launch a comprehensive plan of publication and/or digitisation of
artworks and archives
50. Create "virtual museums" by digitizing in 3D the collections of
threatened museums

12. © Musée du Louvre / PAS Digital

13. © Musée du Louvre / PAS Digital