PlaceMUS XR
Digital Journey across Musical Places in Europe and Extended Realities
About the Project
The PlaceMUS XR project develops innovative digital tools
which will be integrated in the Cultural Heritage Cloud, being developed by ECHOES, to enrich knowledge and experience with the European musical heritage.
Tools enable users to:
1) create, share and re-use interactive content
2) analyse, design and verify visitor interactions
for the benefit of researchers, museum curators, creative industries, the educational and tourist sectors.
Our goal is to provide interactive experiences that engage users at cognitive, aesthetic and emotional levels, through Virtual and Augmented Reality combined with rich multimedia content.
Users can access these experiences remotely as fully digital explorations or on-site as integrated physical-digital journeys along physical visiting paths.
PlaceMUS XR imagines Itineraries and Places of Music in Europe as extended realities, where the musical events are closely connected to their spatial, acoustic, cultural, historical, and social contexts, as well as to museum objects.
Our tools cover the whole production pipeline: creation, visualisation, and interaction with 3D scenarios (immersive and non-immersive), story maps development, user experience analysis, accessibility of musical contents and practice, and finally sound communication design in museums.
The project demonstrates its approach through relevant case studies, spanning different genres and themes, periods, regions, and audiences. At the same time, digital tools will enable the creation and integration of new contents and paths beyond the project’s lifetime.
Project Focus Area
Methodologies
PlaceMUS XR describes acoustic itineraries with a keen awareness of the interconnected orchestral nature of music and space. The project employs 3D representations enriched by sound, time, spatial-acoustic models (immersive VR), tailored storytelling, and story maps.
Impacts
PlaceMUS XR establishes soundscapes as a vital dimension of cultural heritage research, with all tools made openly available. The project broadens access to Europe’s musical heritage, deepening public engagement while supporting cultural tourism and creative industries. Communication efforts will raise awareness, promote accessibility, and foster collaboration among institutions.
Case Studies
At least 7 itineraries will be implemented as case studies. Each itinerary unfolds as a symphony of places, represented through spatio-temporal and thematic cartography, detailed 3D models and interactive 360° views. Some itineraries will develop through geographical journeys, others through musical genres, lives of musicians, or harmonies.
The project’s numbers
11
Beneficiery partners
6
Countries
3
Associated partners
11
Tools and web services
48
Months
7
Musical itineraries across Europe
Beneficiery partners
Associated partners
Countries
Tools and web services
Musical itineraries across Europe
Months
The project’s numbers
Beneficiery partners
Associated partners
Countries
Tools and web services
musical itineraries across Europe
Months
PlaceMUS XR
Virtual Museum
XR environments for our musical
itineraries, our tools, and much more.
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Latest Updates
Shaping the future of musical heritage experiences: take part in the PlaceMUS XR survey
The PlaceMUS XR project has launched a European survey on sound-based and immersive experiences in museums and cultural heritage sites. The project develops innovative digital tools designed to support the creation, sharing, and experience of musical heritage through immersive technologies. These tools will be integrated within the ECCCH – European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage, contributing to new ways of accessing and interacting with cultural content. This study focuses on
PlaceMUS XR Kick-off Meeting: two days of exchange and vision at the Museo del Violino
The inaugural meeting took place in the renowned Museo del Violino (Cremona, Italy), an international reference point for string instrument craftsmanship and an associated…
MuSITech Workshop: Contextualising Musical Heritage and Historical Soundscapes Through Digital Technologies
This workshop aims to explore how innovative digital technologies can enhance our understanding and valorisation of places and objects related to the musical heritage…
Kick-off Meeting
Cremona 18th-19th November 2025
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