training to young Kenyans in digitisation, cloud services, mobile technologies, and database administration, as well as workforce development and capacitybuilding opportunities.” A central digital repository of records and collections, based on universal standards and best practices, will assist in the curation of future collections in other museums around the world. “Collaboration is always at the heart of a museum’s success and relevance. Resources, geography and language can be barriers to broad collaboration among museums and academic intuitions, but technology and access through the cloud help to remove these barriers and allow museums to share, collaborate and even innovate together,” Dr Manthi adds. A world where you can go to your local museum, or sit in your lounge to observe and interact with relics from the ancient world is only years away.
Director General of National Museums of Kenya, Dr Mzalendo N Kibunija (left) and President of Digital Divide Data, Frank Heitmann (right).
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