The Ministry of Culture has been digitizing cultural data as a part the Digital Culture project Phase 1: M-Culture Big Data. The effort stems from the government’s initiative to expand the scope and connectivity of government agencies’ databases for the benefit of the people. Examples of interesting cultural data which has been compiled for the usage of the general public by the Ministy of Culture include:
From the Fine Arts Department:
39 Virtual Museums with 360° view of about 500 artifacts.
Website: www.virtualmuseum.finearts.go.th
Photo : The Fine Arts Department
From the Office of the Permanent Secretary:
Central cultural data centre for 76 provinces
Website: http://www.m-culture.in.th/
Moral Community Database
Website: http://www.thaiculture.go.th/web/moraldb.php
From the Thai Film Archive
A website for archiving information and writings relating to films
Website: http://www.fapot.org/th/home.php
From the Religion Affairs Department:
Religious Information Centre Website
Website: http://e-service.dra.go.th/home.php
From Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
A digitized list of ethnic groups in Thailand
Website: http://www.sac.or.th/databases/ethnic-groups/ethnicGroups