Ed Hohertz writes:

As part of the re-opening of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) following extensive renovations, Qatar Museums and Years of Culture are delighted to launch the Coin Project - an innovative way to experience one of the largest and most impressive coin collections in the world.

The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Islamic art in the world, with masterpieces from three continents spanning 1,400 years of history, including metalwork, ceramics, jewellery, woodwork, textiles, coins and glass.

While an important challenge for any museum is how to curate and display the works within their collection, MIA's Coin Project is set to defy space, time and geography to make the coin collection accessible to the public all around the world.

This ambitious project was delivered by COLLECTO, an expert creator of digital art experiences based in Germany. The company developed a state of the art production process for Qatar Museums. It combines highest image quality, unparalleled production speed and fully integrated data management.

The specially created digital interface is fully interactive, showing different layers of visualisation, organising the coins by weight, material, age and more.

The extraordinary scope of the project even enables users to flip the coins front and back, so that no detail is overlooked. Diverse audiences including schools and students, researchers and collectors (or simply the digital curious!) can explore and learn about the origin of each coin.

To read the complete article, see:
The Museum of Islamic Art Coin Project(https://yearsofculture.qa/posts/the-museum-of-islamic-art-coin-project)

To explore the collection, see:
https://coins.collecto.art/

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
LOOSE CHANGE: APRIL 16, 2023 : Collecto Digitizes Coin Collections(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n16a33.html)