Museum professional turned Software Manager tweeting on museums, heritage, digital media, tech, open info/data and combinations of them all.
Gothenburg, Sweden
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The revolution starts here: open access to digital cultural heritage collections in the UK simon-tanner.blogspot.com/20…
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"As a public collection we believe in making access to collections data-free and open, and now have further evidence that we will maximise impact by doing so." Learn how the Natural History Museum in London saw the economic value of digitising collections. bit.ly/3i9tnOU
ALT Digitiser Robyn Crowther scanning drawers of Carabidae beetles in the London Natural History Museum, as part of its digitisation process
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The Jewish holiday of Purim begins tonight
Explore our online exhibition, which features original artifacts and photographs of European Jews celebrating the holiday before, during, and after the Holocaust
Learn more: ow.ly/87zr50IeSx4
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Hearing, unbelievably, that public libraries are open in #Ukraine and serving the public as makeshift shelters, places of information and support. Some are even maintaining children's activities & IT support for the elderly. These people are incredible #StandWithUkraine
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Not sure how to tell you this friends, but the Ukrainian Librarians are at it again. Day 6 of the invasion, they have ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF A NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY.
More on their FB facebook.com/ula.org.ua/ #StandWithUkraine #Nails
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#OTD 24 Feb. 1942, Jewish refugee ship the Struma was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine off of the Turkish coast, resulting in the loss of almost 800 passengers & crew.
There was only 1 survivor.
Explore our new online exhibition of the Struma tragedy: ow.ly/EiFE50HXssi
Chinese Museum Turns Ancient Relics Into Emojis, Becomes Internet Hit radiichina.com/chinese-museu…
As a New Rembrandt Show Opens, This Dutch Charity Is Bringing Terminally Ill Patients to See It | artnet News news.artnet.com/art-world/du…
Artists Adrien M and Claire B bring their artwork to life with augmented reality for their exhibit 'Mirages and Miracles.'
📹: Adrien M & Claire B
m.facebook.com/AdrienMClaire… facebook.com/100010155008940…
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Heritage attractions and immersive experiences: “We assumed that more visual experiences would need less narrative, but the opposite is actually true. Visitors saw information as important regardless of the mode of delivery.” theconversation.com/tourist-… via @ConversationUK
"With the European Parliament vote on the copyright directive, the internet lost – for now" creativecommons.org/2018/09/…
Interactive, Digital Art Museum Opens in Tokyo smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
The ruins of Somalia’s war could be rebuilt thanks to these digitally preserved 3D models qz.com/1267983/somali-archit…
The Met Digitally Restore the Colors of an Ancient Egyptian Temple openculture.com/2016/03/the-…
Archaeologists Used Drones to Find New Ancient Drawings in Peru
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Critical Digital Praxis in Wikipedia: The Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon digitalpedagogylab.com/hybri…
How the Bolshoi Theatre Museum built its massive online archive of historic documents computerworlduk.com/data/bol…
Why Museums Should Dive Into VR: An interview with Susan Poulton of the Franklin Institute mooshme.org/2017/09/why-muse…
Rijksmuseum presents Dutch masterpieces at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol e.rijksmuseum.nl/2/4/158/1/n…
Written in stone: the world's first trigonometry revealed in an ancient Babylonian tablet theconversation.com/written-…