3D exhibits of 6 new museums added to Google Art Project gallery

The Google Art Project team has announced that more than 200 full-size 3D models of exhibits from 6 new museums have appeared in the virtual gallery. The following museums offered the opportunity to work with their exposition:

• California Academy of Sciences
• Israel Museum
• Los Angeles Museum of Natural History
• Dallas Museum of Art
• National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome
• Vienna Museum of Art History

Google Art Project allows you to virtually visit the most famous museums in the world, moving along them in much the same way as a user moves to Street View. Some pictures of famous artists are represented by gigapixel photos taken specifically for the service with a special camera. Other museum exhibits are scanned by a 3D scanner, the resulting models can be rotated, scaled and viewed from all sides, which is not available under the conditions of a regular museum.

Google Culture Academy supports three major projects: Google Art Project , Google Historic Moments and Google World Wonders . It is estimated that users on average view each work for more than one minute, while in a regular museum they spend less than 20 seconds on it. The most popular painting of Art Project is Van Gogh's " Starry Night ", which was digitized first:


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This is followed by Botticelli - “The Birth of Venus ”, Rembrandt - Self-portrait “ Rembrandt Painting at the Window ” and Van Gogh - “ Bedroom in Arles ”.