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Tencent and National Museum of Brazil collaborate on a digital museumBEIJING, Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The signing ceremony for the "Rebirth of Luzia - The Digital National Museum of Brazil" was held at the Brazilian embassy in Beijing on November 16, 2018 (local time). Marcelo Azevedo, head of the Creative Industries Section of the embassy, Alexander W. A. Kellner, director of National Museum of Brazil, and Ye Jun, vice president of Chinese internet company Tencent's mobile browsing products, took part in the ceremony. Tencent has taken part in the restoration of the fire-damaged National Museum of Brazil by reproducing artifacts based on digital information. Based on the museum's existing digital content, Moreover, Tencent and the museum will jointly invite Chinese tourists who had visited the National Museum of Brazil to upload pictures or video clips that they took while inside the museum, including both images and documents, in a move to help restore the cultural relics that were lost. Tencent will make the valuable content available for public viewing at some time in the future. Mr. Ye said: "The National Museum of Brazil is the most important protector of cultural heritage and of relics in Latin America. We are in deep mourning as a result of the losses caused by the fire. Tencent is committed to using advanced technologies to help Brazil rebuild the national museum and we will do everything in our power to do so." Mr. Kellner noted: "We are trying everything to minimize the losses and Tencent's participation in helping us locate more digital records is something very meaningful to us." View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tencent-and-national-museum-of-brazil-collaborate-on-a-digital-museum-300753442.html SOURCE Tencent |