British Museum makes over half of its collection viewable online

guest · Apr 30, 2020

British Museum makes over half of its collection viewable online
Tour world history without leaving home
April 29, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/british-museum-free-artifiact-images-023917176.html

The British Museum has made (via Motherboard) images of more than half its collection (4.5 million objects) available online, with 1.9 million images available through a Creative Commons 4.0 license. You can not only browse the gallery, but use it however you like for non-commercial purposes.

About 280,000 photos are being published for the first time, and you can now zoom into and pan images if you want to see every last nuance of an artifact.
The museum already has a number of legendary items available online, including the Rosetta Stone and the Sutton Hoo discoveries.

The digital collection won’t completely replace the experience of seeing historical items in person. It does, however, ensure that anyone with a decent internet connection can see much of what the museum has to offer without waiting for life to return to (semi) normal.
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You can browse 4.5m objects and 1.9m images, and there are lots of new updates – you can now zoom in and pan over images, revealing more detail than ever before.
Try it out on the Game of Ur here: https://t.co/FfgVAMkGnv #MuseumFromHome pic.twitter.com/Wk6DqIketr
— British Museum (@britishmuseum) April 28, 2020
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