LIMITY DIGITALIZÁCIE V OCHRANE KULTÚRNEHO DEDIČSTVA SPRAVOVANÉHO MÚZEAMI

This paper examines the role of digitizing in the protection of cultural heritage from the point of view of its two fundamental limitations. The first part analyses the history and implementation of computer technology and software in the West Slovak museum in Trnava from its inception in the early 1980s to the present day when the central registry of museum catalogues is managed and administrated by the Slovak National Museum. The second part of the paper then shifts attention to the role of digitizing in museums as regards the fundamental mission of museums in the protection of cultural heritage.