Mohammed Shosanya
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is partnering with Google to establish a virtual currency museum that will showcase the evolution of currency in the country.
The apex bank explained that it had become imperative to take the currency museum to the larger world having realized that hithertho, over 30,000 visitors from around the world have physically visited the museum.
Speaking on the occasion of the 2023 international museum day (IMD) celebration,
Mr. Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate of the CBN,said:“The Central Bank of Nigeria Currency Museum is working in collaboration with Google and our in-house Information Technology Department (|TD) to establish a Virtual Reality Museum”.
He said this is an approach to connect with the global world for the public to sit back and relax within their comfort zone and view the artifacts on display.
The Director Currency Operations of the CBN,Ahmed Bello Umar said the apex bank is in the process of ensuring that the nation’s museums have gone digital by way of Virtual Reality Museum where one sits back in his comfort zone and take a view through the bank’s Currency Museum Gallery coming soon.
The International Museum Day 2023 bids all Museums, their professionals and communities to create, imagine and share new practices of (co-)creation of value, new business models for cultural institutions and innovative solutions for the social, economic and environmental challenges of the present,he said.
He added:“You can’t continue doing the same thing and expect a different result”: until Museums embrace new approaches as regards to evolving technology and give up the old methods, we will never appeal to new audiences nor be intertwined with other Museums.Digital innovations can make museums more accessible and engaging thereby helping audiences understand complex and nuanced concepts” .
Mrs Stella Gana an Assistant Director in the Currency Operations Department of the CBN,in her presentation said the CBN museum has welcomed over 30,000 visitors since 2009 when it was created.
