In December of last year, Dmitry Ozerkov, head of the contemporary art department at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, predicted that eventually, all museums and galleries will have a digital copy of themselves in the metaverse. 🎨
The State Hermitage, which is the largest museum in the world by gallery space, has taken its own steps to replicate its collection in the metaverse, including selling NFTs versions of five of its most well-known pieces.
The museum also launched a fully digital exhibition called ‘The Ethereum Aether’ which included 38 NFTs that were situated in a virtual reconstruction of the gallery.
Ozerkov explained: “You can pass through these doors without touching anything, while in the virtual world, you can do anything: you can play with artworks, you can make them interactive, you can add data to it.” 🌐
