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China’s Art, From Museum Exhibits to Rock Concerts, Moves Online During Coronavirus Outbreak
The government has directed museums to “enrich the people’s spiritual and cultural life during the epidemic [with] cloud exhibitions”
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Dozens of Historic Mexican Cookbooks Are Now Available Online
The University of Texas San Antonio’s vast collection makes traditional Mexican and Mexican-American cooking accessible
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You Can Now Download 150,000 Free Illustrations of the Natural World
The artworks, collected by the open-access Biodiversity Heritage Library, range from animal sketches to historical diagrams and botanical studies
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New Tool Tracks Climate Change’s Impact on World Heritage Sites
The online portal showcases the craggy cliffs surrounding Edinburgh Castle, Easter Island’s famed sculptures and other cultural heritage hotspots
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You Can Now Download Images of 100,000 Artworks From Prominent Paris Museums’ Collections
Paris Musées, which manages 14 important institutions, has released a trove of images into the public domain
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Volunteers Digitally Revive Japan’s Shuri Castle Following October Fire
The group is seeking one million images in order to create a high-quality reconstruction
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3-D Imaging Reveals Toll of Parthenon Marbles’ Deterioration
A new study of 19th-century plaster casts of the controversial sculptures highlight details lost over the past 200 years
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Bullets That Killed John F. Kennedy Immortalized as Digital Replicas
The originals remain at the National Archives, but new 3-D scans showcase the ballistics in vivid detail
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