Since the launch of the virtual tour of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, created by the “eMuseum” organization in partnership with the National Chornobyl Museum, more than a hundred viewers have already taken advantage of this unique opportunity. The virtual tour allows visitors to take a detailed look at Pripyat, the sarcophagus, and even visit the heart of the reactor. In total, the excursion includes 11 locations.
For this experience, the museum introduced a new service – a virtual excursion and purchased two VR helmets. Dmytro Matyash, the founder of eMuseum, said that to create an immersive virtual tour, they did a lot of work together with the museum staff and used the unique photo panoramas of Mykola Omelchenko, one of the first certified Google photographers.
“Our task is to popularize Ukrainian history and culture. It is digital technologies that help us increase the interest of people of all ages in museums and significantly increase their attendance,” said Matyash. The museum notes that the number of visitors who have already gone on a virtual trip is constantly growing.
Currently, Chernobyl is mined and for a long time, no one will be able to visit it with a real tour. However, it is possible to do it in VR format thanks to the “eMuseum” team. Dmytro Matyash emphasizes that this project was implemented only thanks to the successful collaboration with the Chornobyl National Museum.
“People are very significant in innovation. In this case, the museum is lucky to have a new director, Vitalina Martynovska, who is carrying out serious reforms that are changing the museum for the better. They didn’t even think about the decision to take a virtual trip through the zone. Only when we offered to do this, we immediately received approval. And now visiting Chornobyl is real in virtual reality,” shared the founder of eMuseum.
Thanks to the new virtual tour, every visitor has the opportunity to learn more about the history of the Chornobyl disaster and its consequences without leaving the museum, which contributes to the preservation of the memory of this important event for future generations.
