Another series of days to explore – from Oxfords’ Festive Countdown Calendar 2024!
Inside a Genius Mind:
A Collaboration between Emeritus Professor Martin Kemp, Google Arts & Culture, Artist in Residence Martial Geoffre-Rouland and Nexus Studios, July 2023
Leonardo’s notebooks, written in ‘mirror’ writing, are challenging to interpret. This team uses machine learning to make connections between ideas that connect across individual ‘codices’ (aka notebooks).
Spark: intriguing enough to make time to review the stories & connections?
Roald Amundsen and the Age of Polar Exploration
An interactive chronicle of Amundsen’s journeys to the South Pole and the Arctic featuring photos, artefacts and stories. Hosted by Museums in Akershus in Norway.
On Dec 24, 1165, William the Lion was crowned King of Scots. Learn more about Scotland, from medieval times and Viking-age hoards to items of modern Scotland (over 820,000 objects).
Spark: learn more about the history of board games and the Lewis chessman.
The stories of women who ran for President of the USA long before women were even allowed to cast their votes.
An online exhibit from National Women’s History Museum
The only free, online access to 2,000 poems by 500 poets. Explore collections, interactive timeline, and listen to selected recordings from BBC’s archives.
Spark: check out BBC 100 collection (with a guided tour).
More to come…