Dialogues between ancient Western Asia and us

Acronimo: DiWA

Descrizione

The project is aimed at the study, the enhancement and the communication of the collections of Western Asia artifacts and the related archives housed in two of the most important Italian museums, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze and the Museo di Antichità – Musei Reali di Torino.

DiWA is a transdisciplinary project including both historians, archaeologists, and philologists of ancient Western Asia, and experts in non-invasive diagnostics applied to cultural heritage, in virtual museum, and in public archaeology and cultural heritage communication. DiWA aims at establishing and implementing an innovative model for managing a class of materials in a museum collection, adopting the holistic approach to the preservation and valorisation of heritage proper of the new museum ethos.