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WALK!AROUND!THE!WORLD’S!TOP!GALLERIES!AT!HOME!!

FROM!:!EURONEWS,!3.2.2011!!

!The!Starry!Night,!!Vincent!Van!Gogh!

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!!Amsterdam!Rijksmuseum(Van(Gogh(Museum(Berlin!Alte(Nationalgalerie(Gemäldegalerie(Florence!Uffizi(Gallery(London!National(Gallery(Tate(Britain(Madrid!Museo(Reina(Sofia(Museo(ThyssenEBornemisza(Moscow!The(State(Tretyakov(Gallery(New!York!City!MoMa,(The(Museum(of(Modern(Art(The(Metropolitan(Museum(of(Art(The(Frick(Collection(Prague!Museum(Kampa(St.!Petersburg!The(State(Hermitage(Museum(Versailles!Palace(of(Versaille(Washington,!DC!Freer(Gallery(of(Art,(Smithsonian(!

!What!is!the!‘Art!Project’?!

A!unique!collaboration!with!some!of!the!world’s!most!acclaimed!art!museums!to!enable!people!to!discover!and!view!more!than!a!thousand!artworks!online!in!extraordinary!detail.!

Explore! museums! with! Street! View! technology:! virtually! move! around!the! museum’s! galleries,! selecting! works! of! art! that! interest! you,!navigate! though! interactive! floor! plans! and! learn! more! about! the!museum!and!you!explore.!

Artwork!View:!discover!featured!artworks!at!high!resolution!and!use!the! custom! viewer! to! zoom! into! paintings.! Expanding! the! info! panel!allows! you! to! read! more! about! an! artwork,! find! more! works! by! that!artist!and!watch!related!YouTube!videos.!

Create! your! own! collection:! the! ‘Create! an! Artwork! Collection’!feature! allows! you! to! save! specific! views! of! any! of! the! 1000+!artworks!and!build!your!own!personalised!collection.!Comments!can!be!added!to!each!painting!and!the!whole!collection!can!then!be!shared!with!friends!and!family.!

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If(you(are(one(of(those(people(who(mean(to(visit(more(museums(and(galleries(but(just(keep(putting(it(off,(well(the(excuses(are(running(out.(The(Google(Art(Project(means(you(can(take(a(virtual(stroll(around(17(of(the(world’s(greatest(museums,(without(leaving(your(home.(Google(used(the(same(technology(in(the(galleries(as(they(did(in(street(view.(Technicians(have(spent(the(last(18(months(pushing(cameras(around(galleries(in(several(cities,(360(degree((views(of(the(room.(People(can(click(on(links(and(find(out(more(and(post(comments.(Amid!Sood(:(()(The( site( was( officially( launched( at( the( Tate( Britain( in( London.( Organisers( are( adamant( it( is( not( intended( to(replace(the(experience(of(actually(going(to(a(museum.(Rather(they(imagine(it(will(inspire(people(to(seek(out(the(real(thing.(Amid!Sood(:(()(Each(of(the(museums(chose(one(artwork(to(get(the(gigapixel(treatment,(the(photo(capturing(technology(people(can(view(an(image(with(7(billion(pixels,(which(means(you(can(see(details(not(visible(to(the(naked(eye.(

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