Digitisation of Cypriot antiquities, Edmée Leventis Digital Library for Cypriot Culture, Cyprus Institute, Nicosia
In 2015 the Cyprus Institute, based in Nicosia, initiated a research programme for the digital cataloguing of Cypriot antiquities in museums around the world. Unlike the large collections of Cypriot antiquities in leading museums of Europe and the USA – which are well-known and mostly well-documented in illustrated catalogues – other, smaller collections in museums, universities and other institutions are less accessible or even mostly unknown even among specialists. This digital registry is intended to facilitate research by scholars working in the field of Cypriot art and archaeology by providing broader access to the wealth of available material. To enable smaller museums to participate in the project, A. G. Leventis Foundation is supporting the digitisation of their collections, with those of the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery and the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate completed to date, and several others soon to be undertaken.
Grant given:
2016
