Google Arts and Culture – Virtual Museum Day Out – Pocket Gallery
What is it?
It is a platform created by Google corporation to present cultural content via internet. It involves collaborations with numerous museums throughout the world and cooperation of technical specialists with content providers.
Why is it important? / How can it help the professionals of the cultural sector?
It contributes to the spreading of knowledge about the content of museums in the form of an online platform that on one hand has a rather encyclopedic characteristic and on the other hand it aims at achieving interactivity through game-based approach, experiments and thematic selections, in a multimedia mix that brings together high-quality images, sound/ video recordings, 3D virtual galleries and texts for the adequate mediation of the cultural content.
Tool name
Tool type
Accessibility features
3D immersive exhibitions
Multilingual support
English and many other languages, via Google translate service
Public targeted
General public, particularly youth, the digital natives
Open source / free / paid / other
Free, the content is entirely free and available for whoever wants to find reliable content on internet
User Interface (UI) adaptability
- Interactivity
- The content is immediately accessible in the users’ mother tongue / native language
Platform compatibility
Mobile devices, desktop, laptop
Installation and setup
n/a
Updates and maintenance
n/a
User support and documentation
The instructions are very clear and easy to follow, in order to move around the virtual exhibition space
Integration with other tools
Other content available via Google Arts and Culture, such as sound recordings complementary to the virtual exhibition
Accessibility standards compliance
WCAG compliant
One/two examples of a project where the tool has been used
User feedback/success stories
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