Humanities & Social Sciences 7 (2016 9) 1668-1673 ~ ~ ~ УДК 930.85:004.9 Project Activities of the Chair for Digital Humanities and Modern Trends in the Development of Information Technology Maksim V. Rumyantsev and Ivan N. Rudov* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 20.02.2016, received in revised form 23.03.2016, accepted 15.05.2016 The article discusses the results of the project activities of the Chair for Information Technology in Creative and Cultural Industries of the School for еру Humanities, Siberian Federal University, in the aspect of information technology changes. <...> Keywords: augmented reality, 3D modelling, virtual reconstruction, museum, digitalization, historical and cultural heritage, project management. <...> Review of projects and technologies (2007-2015) Since 2006, the Chair for Information Technology in Creative and Cultural Industries has been running an undergraduate programme, and since 2012 a postgraduate programme in “Applied Computer Science in Arts and the Humanities”. <...> The success of the projects implemented by the academic staff and students of the Chair was determined by three circumstances: 1) interaction of the academic staff members (specialists in various fields of science: philosophers, historians, art historians and computer scientists) in educational and project activities; 2) interdisciplinary nature of the educational programme: combination of classical subjects © Siberian Federal University. <...> Museums of the World, History of Material Culture and Everyday Life, etc.) and subjects of the professional field of knowledge (Information Technology in Museum Work, 3D Modelling Technology, Development and Processing of Digital Video and Audio, etc.); 3) possibility to organize project work of students by including the courses into the educational programme, which aim at development of project management skills: Introduction into Project Management, Project Practice; Multimedia Project Management. <...> The first major result in development of the complete digital project relates to 2007 and is associated with the development of the multimedia programme “Museum-Estate of Vasily Surikov Maksim V. Rumyantsev, Ivan N. Rudov. <...> Project Activities of the Chair for Digital Humanities and Modern Trends. in Krasnoyarsk. <...> The object for computerization had become the memorial museum of Krasnoyarsk: the family house of the outstanding Russian artist Vasily Surikov (18481916). <...> Almost all of the projects presented in this article have been supported by various grant organizations1 The first experience has determined the main . trends for the project activities <...>