Google Cultural Institute: A History "Book" You Can View Online
Oct 12, 2012 01:52
Google has enlisted a team of engineers to create tools that make it simple to document diverse culture and heritage online making them accessible to the world.
Google announced the addition of 42 important historical events from the last century including World Wonders, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the project, you can zoom in on photos and utilize the search tool to find what's interesting. Each exhibition showcased has a narrative and links the archive material together.
Check it out. It's pretty interesting. The Google Culture Institute is up and running here.
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