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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Friday, November 13, 2015
The British Museum: a museum for the world
Editor's note: The Google Cultural Institute creates technologies that make the world’s culture accessible to anyone, anywhere. This w...
Friday, October 2, 2015
View the “Chopin Olympics” on YouTube and the Google Cultural Institute
If you’re a piano afficionado, then you’re quite possibly also a fan of the great Polish piano virtuoso and composer Fryderyk Chopin. And i...
Monday, September 14, 2015
What makes us Human?
Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog Over the past three years, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand travelled to 60 countries, i...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Forget Middle Earth—Central and Eastern Europe's salt mines, ice caves, mountains and castles are now on Street View
Throughout history, Europe has been a hotbed of culture, imagination and natural beauty. At Google we’re keen to share these elements with t...
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Celebrating Europe’s creativity - on YouTube
It’s hard to believe it’s been just 10 years since the founders of YouTube recorded a grainy video in front of an elephant enclosure — and s...
Monday, May 18, 2015
Add some art to your browser for International Museum Day
Today is International Museum Day and it's been four years since we launched Google Art Project. Since then we’ve worked closely with h...
Thursday, May 7, 2015
70 years on: remembering the end of World War II
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. As time passes, and memories fade, it’s important to remember both the sacr...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Taking street art from the wall to your screens
For hundreds of years, street art has transformed our public spaces into open-air galleries, adding vibrancy to urban landscapes. But using ...
Friday, February 13, 2015
On Valentine's Day, A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words
Wondering how to share your love tomorrow, on Valentine’s Day? Sometimes an image speaks louder than a thousand words... To celebrate Valent...
Monday, January 26, 2015
Remembering 70 years since Auschwitz's liberation
It was the end of one of the worst chapters in human history - the Soviet Army’s liberation 70 years ago of the notorious Nazi death camp Au...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Launching voices of the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea is the cradle of Western civilization - but all too often today is seen as an area of conflict. Together with the Voce...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Ho Ho Ho! Track Santa around the world with Santa Tracker
After 23 days of preparation, the elves are finally ready for Santa’s annual journey around the globe. They’ve taught each other how to say ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Bringing the museum to your mobile
Enter the Museum of Arts et Métiers in Paris and one of the first things on view is a strange looking plane perched over a historic stairca...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Bringing a key moment of Gulf history online
Our Paris-based Cultural Institute holds a global mandate to promoting culture around the globe. This week, it is reaching out to the Arab ...
Friday, November 14, 2014
Throwing off the shackles of communism
A quarter century ago, the people of Central Europe liberated themselves, bringing down the Iron Curtain, choosing capitalism over communism...
Thursday, November 13, 2014
YouTube music hits the right note
You watched the Belgian singer Stromae perform Papaoutai 200+ million times on YouTube, helping propel the song about his father to the top...
Saturday, November 8, 2014
#Deutschland25 - a new generation after the Berlin Wall
Today, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the brave people who tore down the Iron Curtain. Courtesy of the German Federal Archives ,...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Snakes, crocodiles - and the Internet in Africa
Where can you watch intelligent discussion about the Internet mixed with performance poetry and the best in book writing alongside snakes an...
Monday, August 13, 2012
Enjoy our summer of music on YouTube
Summer means music, particularly here in Europe, and that is especially true this summer on YouTube. Last weekend, YouTube hosted a livestre...
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