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Google Cultural Institute

The Google Cultural Institute helps preserve and promote culture onlineWith a team of dedicated engineers, Google is building tools that make it simple to tell the stories of our diverse cultural heritage and make them accessible worldwide. 
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We have created this site to provide a visually rich and interactive online experience for telling cultural stories in new ways. Discover exhibits by expert curators, find artifacts, view photographs, read original manuscripts, watch videos, and more.

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We have worked with organizations from across the globe on a variety of projects; presenting thousands of works of art online through the Art Project, bringing to life the wonders of the world through the World Wonders Project and showcasing the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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About 4 weeks ago Happy birthday William Shakespeare, born on this day in 1564! 
Below is a portrait of him on view at: http://goo.gl/ZbWkn

Considered by many to be one of the greatest writers in the English language, he was also one of the world's most performed playwrights. 
" Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. " A Midsummer Night's Dream

What is your favourite #Shakespeare play or poem?
#poetry #theatre #arts  
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About 4 weeks ago Happy birthday Ella Fitzgerald, born on this day in 1917!
Here's a photo of her "performing at 'Mr. Kelly's' nightclub with the audience dimly visible in the background", taken in 1958: http://goo.gl/ULQ8q
#EllaFitzgerald #jazzmusic
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About 1 day ago Happy birthday Arthur Conan Doyle!  The British writer best known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes was born on this day in 1859. Which character created by Arthur Conan Doyle do you prefer?

Here's a _drawing by Sidney Paget of Sherlock Holmes examining the ground, from serialization of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" in The Strand Magazine, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery." http://goo.gl/qGuU8
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About 8 weeks ago " Masterpieces of megalithic construction, Stonehenge, Avebury and associated sites in southern England are outstanding examples of prehistoric technology, architecture and astronomy. "
Explore Stonehenge and learn more about this archeological site on our World Wonders Project : http://goo.gl/LsR7O 
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About 2 weeks ago This day in 1945 was Victory in Europe Day, the end of World War II in Europe: the Allies formally accepted the surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
Below, a photo of people celebrating in Paris on 8 May 1945: http://goo.gl/fwXg4 and more photos of that day are on view at: http://goo.gl/4zlzv #veday  
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About 1 week ago May 18th is International Museum Day, so each day this week we're going to be highlighting some of Street View's trips to these treasure troves of culture, art and history as we go indoors with Museum-view. We'll be using the hash tag #museumview , if you'd like to contribute your own finds. 

Today's scene is from the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Click on the following link to be taken to the Street View image where you can explore further. http://goo.gl/maps/ZpvWg   #streetview   #internationalmuseumday  

If you'd like to explore this museum in more detail, check out the +Google Art Project website for even more treats. http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/national-gallery-of-australia-canberra/museumview/
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About 10 weeks ago “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” 
Happy birthday Albert Einstein! The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the great thinkers was born on this day in 1879.  
Explore dozens of archives about him here: http://goo.gl/mtlxV
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About 3 days ago LAUNCH - Today, a veritable art feast is added to the Art Project! 
Photographs by Mario Testino (http://g.co/artproject/9g4pv) focusing on Peruvian culture, 16 new gigapixel paintings including Munch’s “The Scream” (http://g.co/artproject/7hp4), 20 new virtual visits of museums on Street View (http://goo.gl/SZ4R3), such as the Fondation Beyeler Museum... Read more on our blog: http://goo.gl/emiMc #art   #artstech  
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About 2 weeks ago 4 May 1929: Audrey Hepburn was born. Below, a photo of the actress "affectionately holding the Oscar award she won for her performance in the movie 'Roman Holiday'": http://goo.gl/pwGe9
What's your favourite film starring Audrey Hepburn?

_He's all right! Aren't you, cat? Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's. _ Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
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About 3 weeks ago Happy Friday! Fancy a swim on the north-east coast of Australia to admire the Great Barrier Reef?
Walk along Heron Island, off the rocks and dive into the water to see coral and sea turtles on the World Wonders Project: http://goo.gl/0eWXx 
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