Google's Virtual Walk of the Royal Castle
The antique interiors of the Royal Castle in Warsaw will be open to visitors online. A 360° presentation of the Royal Library, Prince Józef Poniatowski's apartment, and an exhibition of oriental carpets will be available to all through Google Street View.
Piotr Zalewski of Google Polska explained:
Besides presenting their collection within the exhibitions with a specific narrative, some culture institutions offer the possibility of a virtual walk.
The photographs were taken by the Google crew using the same technology as Street View. Thanks to such a photoshoot, in a couple of months it will be possible to walk around the interiors of the Royal Castle on the Google Cultural Institute platform as well as on Google Maps. Photos were taken using a special trolley which takes 360° photos.
Aldona Modrzewska, director of the unit responsible for the digitisation of the Royal Castle's collection, said:
We want to present those parts of our collection that are often undervalued or forgotten, but which are worthy of remembering and worthy of learning about.
She added that the visitors of the Google Culture Institute principally care about high-quality pictures which show with great precision the details as well as the artistry of the Castle’s collection.
Piotr Zalewski stated that the activity of the Google Cultural Institute strictly corresponds to Google’s mission, that is, to organise the world’s information:
The platform includes the collections from the best-known museums of the world as well as rather niche museums, e.g. from Africa or Asia – where it would be more difficult to travel.
The Google Cultural Institute Project was launched in 2011 and now unites more than 1,000 institutions from 70 countries. It provides technologies for the digitisation of cultural treasures, archives, heritage sites, etc. In Poland there are 20 cultural institutions participating in the project, including: Copernicus Science Centre, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and National Museum in Warsaw.
Source: PAP, compiled by PW, translated by OK, 29 Feb 2016
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