The international dimension to the Exhibition Trails is provided by the MWNF Virtual Museum whereby modern technology enables one museum to become the gateway to a genuine museum with no frontiers. An IT-based programme allows artefacts in one museum to interrelate with others in museums elsewhere as well as monuments and archaeological sites in different countries, and can show the objects as they would have looked in their original settings. The Virtual Museum also makes it possible to discover the international spread of various artistic movements, promotes a comparative approach to history that takes into consideration different perspectives and points of view, and invites the visitor to understand art and archaeology as material witnesses of historical events.

Computer terminals in each participating museum will be installed in 2007 to provide access to the Virtual Museum and transform the virtual dimension into a natural extension of the exhibition being visited. The MWNF Virtual Museum will be an unrivalled source of information for visitors who can either follow one of the suggested itineraries through the Virtual Museum or choose their own route according to their priorities and interests.

The MWNF Virtual Museum includes a Permanent Collection which presents objects, monuments and sites from all participating museums and countries, Temporary Exhibitions, which will be launched in April 2007, a Database providing students all over the word with access to an extraordinary source of information, access to the MWNF Exhibition Trails as well as a Virtual Book & Travel shop and a Virtual Office for all those who are working for this unprecedented and remarkable museum with no frontiers.

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