At the beginning of the project, UTBv had only 3 publications related to the subject of digital heritage. After the first 15 months of the project, members of UTBv participated in several conferences and workshops, interacted with local museums for organizing exhibitions and summer schools and even submitted a new H2020 proposal. Even though the project hasn’t even reach half of its period, quantifiable results can already be seen in the research profile of UTBv. eHERITAGE plans to attract large public and to raise awareness on the selected field of study. Romania's cultural heritage is vast and diverse. However, UNESCO’s World Heritage list on Romania includes only 7 cultural properties: the Churches of Moldavia, the Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains, the Historic Centre of Sighişoara, the Monastery of Horezu, the Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania and the Wooden Churches of Maramureş. Aside from these, there are many other cultural and touristic objectives which would greatly benefit from eHERITAGE’s results. From small children to university students, VR equipment and applications present a high attraction degree which in term raises the curiosity and the interest of the users. By creating applications for cultural heritage sites, eHERITAGE contributes to the spread of knowledge in the fields of history and arts, and having a department specialized in these techniques which is based in Romania if the first step in consolidating this research field in the eastern Europe.
During the last two years of the project, we have conducted a several studies in the field of cultural heritage, a few of them being associated with various 3rd party institutions involved in the cultural heritage domain. They became partners with us for future studies and also for future research projects in this domain.
Among the institutions which interacted with eHERITAGE we can list the History Museum of Brașov, the Evangelical Church of Prejmer (UNESCO monument), National College “Andrei Șaguna”, County Library “George Barițiu”, the University “Ovidius” of Constanța, the Museum of History and Archeology of Constanța, the Museum of Archeology from Cecina, the Museum Capitolini of Rome, the Museo di Roma, the National Gallery of Slovenia and the University of Padova.
eHERITAGE also became member of several networks of excellence, associations and organizations such as Europa Nostra, European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH), Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) and the European Network on Cultural Management and Policy (ENCATC). The project was featured in regional, national and international media outlets. Moreover, it was presented as a successful story on the portal of the European Union.
