LONDON.- This May the Imperial War Museum London
launches Explore History, an innovative project which will see visitors
get up
close and personal with the past thanks to improved access to the
Museum’s
Collections. The Museum’s chief new feature will be the Explore History
Centre,
a specially-designed public space where anyone can drop in for free and
immediately access parts of the Museum’s vast collection of digitized
photos,
film, sound recordings, documents, art, ephemera and books. Visitors
young and old will be encouraged to take advantage of an easy-to-search
web
catalogue, interactive multimedia displays, and the expertise of staff,
to
discover hidden treasures from the Museum’s archives as well as the
personal
stories behind them.