No digital system has yet solved the problem of physical presence. Even people who enjoy virtual tours often acknowledge that a screen changes the encounter with an object. Texture, weight, and scale, ...

The history of computers is composed of an ever-growing number of consumer electronics devices, from game consoles to smartphones to music players, and the Computer History Museum's expansive catalog ...

The traditional museum experience, pausing in front of an object, and absorbing its history visually or by reading its description, has long shaped how collectors and others relate to cultural ...

Destroyed and looted in the early months of Sudan's war, the national museum in Khartoum is now welcoming virtual visitors after months of painstaking effort to digitally recreate its collection. At ...

The first day of Kwanzaa was celebrated at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center in Gainesville. The event featured African drumming, storytelling, and the lighting of the Umoja (unity) candle.

During the pandemic, virtual exhibitions made it easier to access art and architecture shows remotely, from our computers, and phones. In 2020, the Cooper Union’s End of Year Show was adapted to a ...

The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum hosted a “Better Conversations” event featuring Margot Habiby, deputy director of communications at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, for a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. The galleries in the new virtual museum are organized by region: ...

The United Nations' cultural agency Unesco this week announced the launch of a virtual museum showcasing hundreds of looted artefacts – a bid to educate the public about the consequences of ...

More than 250 looted objects are on display in UNESCO's Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. UNESCO To raise awareness of the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage artifacts, from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a political matter, it’s been a difficult year for the Smithsonian. In late March, for example, Donald Trump signed an ...

The Penn Museum will soon launch an online tool that lets users get up-close and personal with some of its artifacts. The University City institution partnered with the Barnes Foundation to utilize ...