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Explore Art Museums with Google ? Libraries Next??

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“Google has unveiled a new tool that lets users drool over some of the greatest works of art in 17 museums around the world. A Street View experience helps folks explore each museum.”

Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project

“Try out for yourself today at www.googleartproject.com.

You?ll find a selection of super high-resolution images of famous works of art as well as more than a thousand other images, by more than 400 artists?all in one place. And with Street View technology, you can take a virtual tour inside 17 of the world?s most acclaimed art museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA in New York, The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Tate Britain & The National Gallery in London, Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.”

This is pretty cool. Who will be the first library to get the indoor Google Street View treatment?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).