Tag: museums
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Digital Public Library of America: A wealth of info, no card required
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is an all-digital library that aggregates metadata — or information describing an item — and thumbnails for millions (over 11,000,000 and growing!) of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. DPLA brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums,…
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So Cal Free Museum Day: January 30, 2016
Over two dozen Southern California museums will offer free admission on Saturday, January 30. This free-for-all includes The Broad, LACMA, MoCA, and — luckily for those of us in the Santa Barbara area — the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. If that Saturday won’t work, here’s a list of the free days many LA museums…
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LA museums embracing digital innovations
Culture Monster highlights innovative examples of how various museums in Los Angeles are using digital technology: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles: Interactive CT scans offer another way to access mummies Autry National Center: In the exhibition space, first-person stories of characters features in the “Civil War” exhibit play as films from user-activated “daguerreotypes” (and,…