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Most art galleries are closed, but you can still tour this one — with a robot

An art gallery in the U.K. has teamed up with roboticists to continue giving tours while it's shuttered due to coronavirus. Here's what they've developed.
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Sketchfab challenged people to ‘remix’ ancient art, and the results are amazing

Given a treasure trove of downloadable cultural heritage models — from ancient castles to dinosaur skulls and hellenistic statues — digital artists were asked to reimagine these artifacts and remix them with contemporary aesthetics.
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Google Tango augmented reality is making its way to a museum near you

Google Tango is making its way into the real world, and one of the first functional applications is at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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New beta software automatically tags and captions historic images

Gado Images is working to teach computers how to automatically tag and caption historic photos to give museums a leg up in digitizing big archives.

Smithsonian acquires first piece of code with Planetary iPad app

The Smithsonian acquired its first piece of code, making it open-source in the hopes that people will use it to create their own unique software.
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Love museums? Hate pants? Try these virtual museum tours from your PC

Numerous museums have put parts of their collections online to easily explore with the click of a mouse. Here's the best online tours of museums worldwide.
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Google Art Project brings Street View to museums