“Digitalising the cultural reserve of the Philatelic and
Postal Museum”.

Developer: Ministry of Digital Governance

Operator : Ministry of Digital Governance – General Secretariat for Telecommunications and Posts

Contracting Authority / Beneficiary: Information Society S.A.

Budget 703.142,00€ including V.A.T.

What is the aim of the project?
The project’s objective is to create an integrated digital repository of knowledge and culture, including all the philatelic exhibits and the historical archive of the Philatelic and Postal Museum (PPM). It will be accessible to the general public and the research, education and scientific communities. Achieving the project’s main objectives will require digitisation, systematic electronic documentation

and production of digital educational derivatives using the latest information and communication technologies (I.C.T.).

The project comprises the following phases.

Digitisation of the philatelic exhibits, the historical archive – Documents 

Digital Repository – Documentation
Development of the repository
Development of two educational applications (web & mobile)
Supply of equipment
Training and Education
Promotion – Publicity

What are the expected benefits?

Once completed, the Museum will be digitally accessible: To the young public, since the Museum would speak their “digital language”, thus investing in its future public, to tourists, Greeks and foreigners, who will be able to visit the Museum’s premises and attend its events through its digital applications. The general public will have the opportunity to get to know the PPM online, search and browse the digital repository and view the digital objects and collections held by the Museum, Specific audiences, such as the academic and educational community, will be provided with material for studying and researching a Greek institution, Children will now have specially designed digital applications that will involve them in the P.P.M.’s activities and familiarise them with the types of art it represents, Disabled people, as all web applications will be at least “AA” (WCAG 2.0, level A.A.) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0, and to its existing audience, whose interest will be renewed with new material and applications. 

This will illuminate an aspect of the P.P.M. that is probably unknown to many.