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submitted 23 days ago by j0d1 | art museum

For 200 years, the Brooklyn Museum has been recognized as a trailblazer. Through a vast array of exhibitions, public programs, and community-centered initiatives, it continues to broaden the narratives of art, uplift a multitude of voices, and center creative expression within important dialogues of the day.

Codex Atlanticus

submitted 23 days ago by j0d1 | museum texts visuals

The Codex Atlanticus is the largest existing collection of original drawings and text by Leonardo da Vinci and is preserved at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan. It is the result of the collection and organisation of 1,119 pages of Leonardo’s writings by sculptor Pompeo Leoni between the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century.

Crypto Museum

submitted 17 days ago by j0d1 | museum

The main goal of Crypto Museum is to preserve history. This is done by collecting, restoring and describing historical cipher machines – such as the well-known Enigma machine – spy radio sets, intercept receivers and and other espionage-related items.

Dazeland

submitted 2 months ago by anonymous | museum video-games

A retro-gaming museum showcasing classic Amiga, PC, and console games.

GUIdebook

submitted 4 months ago by j0d1 | museum software

GUIdebook is an online museum of graphical interfaces, especially those old, obscure and in desperate need of preservation. Whether you want just to look back and refresh some nice memories from years ago, or are interested in seeing how the GUIs evolved throughout the decades, I hope you’ll enjoy your stay.

History of UHF Television

submitted last month by j0d1 | museum

This is the history of analog UHF television broadcasting, or at least, the parts of it that involved stations that, despite often-valiant attempts at success, ended up going dark.

IKEA Museum

submitted 22 days ago by j0d1 | museum visuals

Explore IKEA Museum and the history of IKEA to get new perspectives on life at home and design through stories, films, exhibitions and much more.

Mac Themes Garden

submitted last month by j0d1 | museum visuals

Mac Themes Garden is dedicated to showcasing schemes made for Kaleidoscope and celebrating the customization and expressiveness it enabled on Classic Mac OS.

NYPL Digital Collections

submitted 5 months ago by j0d1 | museum

NYPL's Digital Collections is a living database featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, video, and more unique research materials.

Public Domain Image Archive

submitted last month by j0d1 | museum visuals

Explore our hand-picked collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. This is a living database with new images added every week.

Smithsonian Institution

submitted 3 months ago by j0d1 | museum

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex with 21 museums and the National Zoo.

Tapedeck

submitted 17 days ago by j0d1 | museum visuals

Tapedeck was built to showcase the amazing beauty and (sometimes) weirdness found in the designs of the common audio tape cassette. There's an amazing range of designs, starting from the early 60's functional cassette designs, moving through the colourful playfulness of the 70's audio tapes to amazing shape variations during the 80's and 90's. We hope you enjoy these tapes as much as we do!

The Art Institute of Chicago

submitted 23 days ago by j0d1 | art museum

The Art Institute of Chicago shares its singular collections with our city and the world. We collect, care for, and interpret works of art across time, cultures, geographies, and identities, centering the vision of artists and makers.

The Digital Public Library of America

submitted 5 months ago by j0d1 | museum

The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

submitted 29 days ago by j0d1 | art museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.

The Multicians

submitted 9 days ago by j0d1 | museum software

The Multicians web site contains information about the history and features of the Multics operating system. Multics was a mainframe time-sharing operating system begun in 1965 and used until 2000. It was a major influence on subsequent computer operating systems.

The Museum of Modern Art

submitted 25 days ago by j0d1 | art museum

At The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, we celebrate creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity. We aim to be inclusive places—both onsite and online—where diverse cultural, artistic, social, and political positions are welcome. We’re committed to sharing the most thought-provoking modern and contemporary art, and hope you will join us in exploring the art, ideas, and issues of our time.

The World War II Database

submitted 8 days ago by j0d1 | audio museum texts videos

The goal of The World War II Database is to offer interesting and useful information about WW2.

Winamp Skin Museum

submitted 3 months ago by j0d1 | museum

The Winamp Skin Museum is an attempt to build a fast, searchable, and shareable, interface for the collection of Winamp Skins amassed on the Internet Archive.

Yesterland

submitted last month by j0d1 | museum

Did you ever wonder what happened to Disneyland’s Mine Train, Flying Saucers, or Indian Village? These and other attractions, restaurants, and shops are now collected in Yesterland, a theme park on the Web.