British Museum Victoria and Albert posted on the Internet at its website over a million records with data on the objects from his collection

British Museum Victoria and Albert posted on its website www.vam.ac.uk over a million records with data on the objects from his collection. To find information about a particular exhibit, simply use the option "Search by Collection» (Search the Collections). At the moment users access the image more than 100 thousand exhibits, but subsequently the number of reproductions and descriptions will gradually increase.

In the records presented on the site, a basic inventory information about the product, including the author's name, time of creation, technique, dimensions, provenance, etc. Users can also see it exhibited in the present work and in what room you can find it. In addition, the Google map you can even see the location of the origin of an exhibit.

information in the database will be continuously updated and supplemented by the results of new research and photos, as well as information on the movement of exhibits and the arrival of new acquisitions. Will develop and own search engine. Specialists from the Victoria and Albert Museum will keep track of how using "Search Collection", and on this basis will add links between exhibits and the most popular search categories. Thus, the visitors themselves tell us how better to provide information on the site.

Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Mark Jones (Mark Jones) said: "This is a wonderful innovation for our museum, since it allows the first time we can share our knowledge with everyone. We know that all our visitors and internet users, whether students working on projects, or artists looking for inspiration, would like to know more about the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum ».

Material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Sources: artdaily.com , vam.ac. uk , artinvestment.ru