The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a new initiative regarding the launch of an experimental project — the Register of the Museum Fund of Ukraine. This digital system will consolidate information about all museum artifacts in the country, ensuring their accounting, preservation, and protection. As a result, processes will become more transparent and manageable.
“Each museum will have its own account and free access to a unified interface. The digital register will allow monitoring, inventorying, and controlling the movement of museum treasures both within Ukraine and abroad. It will also provide access to data about museum collections and information on the search and return of stolen or lost artifacts. Thanks to this register, we will be able to implement a number of other projects faster, particularly evacuation efforts. This is a crucial project for preserving our cultural heritage,” — emphasized the Vice Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine, Minister of Culture, Tetiana Berezhna.
The resolution is necessary for streamlining processes related to the collection, storage, protection, and processing of information about museum artifacts and collections that belong to the state part of the Museum Fund of Ukraine.
The register will enable monitoring, inventorying, and control of the movement of museum treasures, as well as provide tools for accessing information on the search and return of stolen or lost exhibits. Additionally, the system will offer convenient and secure access to data on museum collections.
The register will allow:
- to digitally record each museum artifact;
- to monitor the movement of exhibits within Ukraine and abroad;
- to respond quickly in cases of disappearance or theft of cultural assets;
- to create a database for the return of lost museum items;
- to generate analytics on the status of museum collections.
The experimental project will last for up to two years. During this time, technical solutions will be tested, the order of interaction of the Register with other electronic systems will be established, and the user base will be determined.
The creation of the Register is an important step towards the preservation of the Museum Fund of Ukraine and enhancing the role of museums and reserves in shaping contemporary Ukrainian culture.