LONDON (AP).- Papers relating to codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing will go to a British museum after the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to help buy them for the nation. The government-backed fund said Friday it had donated more t…
Art Contest Draws Google into Another Privacy Flap
SAN FRANCISCO (AP).- Google thought it was doing a good deed last month when it opened an annual art contest to more kids across the United States. The gesture instead has turned into another opportunity for Google Inc.’s critics to question whether …
5 Million Manuscripts, Films and Texts for Europeana
THE HAGUE.- Work begins this week to add over 5 million digital objects, ranging from Spanish civil war photographs and handwritten letters from philosopher Immanuel Kant, to Europeana from 19 of Europe’s leading research and university libraries. Th…
Google Offers Virtual Tours of 17 of the Top Museums Using Street View Technology
LONDON (REUTERS).- Google aims to bring the world’s great art galleries into the home with a new website that offers virtual tours using Street View technology, the ability to build private collections and ultra-high resolution images. While most big g…
The Museum of Modern Art is One of 17 Museums Participating in Google’s Art Project
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, along with 16 other art museums from the United States, Europe, and Russia, is collaborating with Google on the Art Project, a website that enables users to discover and view more than 1,000 artworks online in e…
The Museo del Prado Publishes First Multi-Interactive, Online Video Relating to Art
MADRID.-The Museo del Prado published the first multi-interactive, online video relating to art. Entitled “Rubens 360º”, this initiative, which is a pioneering one in the context of museum websites, is another landmark within the Prado’…
The Museo del Prado Publishes First Multi-Interactive, Online Video Relating to Art
MADRID.-The Museo del Prado published the first multi-interactive, online video relating to art. Entitled “Rubens 360º”, this initiative, which is a pioneering one in the context of museum websites, is another landmark within the Prado’…
After 23,358 Submissions, Mediums Collide at YouTube’s Guggenheim Exhibit
NEW YORK (AP).- After 23,358 submissions and countless double-clicks, the results are in for YouTube’s “biennial of creative video.” On Thursday night, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Google Inc.-owned video website presented “YouTube Play,” a…
Google Partners with Israel Antiquities Authority to Bring Dead Sea Scrolls Online
JERUSALEM.- As part of the celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the Israel Antiquities Authority is launching a unique project – The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library – to document the entire col…
John Lennon’s Son Julian and First Wife Cynthia Unveil Monument on Anniversary
LIVERPOOL (REUTERS).- John Lennon’s son Julian and first wife Cynthia unveiled a monument to the late singer Saturday, the 70th anniversary of his birth, and said the time for mourning the former Beatle was over. The presentation of a $350,000 18-foot …