Update on Google Art Project / World Wonders / Cultural Institute

I posted some time ago about Google Art Project, in which Google did a “street view”-like walk through of international museums. They have also done this at archaeological sites, in a set of locations now called Google World Wonders.  Here’s a list of museums and sites relevant to the classical world that now have detailed access through these projects, now collected under the umbrella of Google Cultural Institute:

World Wonders

• Archaeological Areas of Pompeii (Italy)
• Archaeological Ensemble of Merida (Spain)
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco (Spain)
• Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (Israel)
• Old Town of Segovia and its Aquaduct (Spain)
• Roman Walls of Lugo (Spain)
• Temple of Hercules (Rome, Italy)
• Temple of Portunus (Rome, Italy)
• Villa Adriana, Tivoli (Italy)

I may have missed some European cities with Roman-era stuff – there are a lot of “Old City of X” (especially in Spain) and I don’t know my Roman Europe well enough to know all the cities that may have visible architecture (if I’ve missed a doozy, please say so in comments!) There are a LOT more, from multiple parts of the world; if you teach world history or art history at all, it’s well worth a scan for classroom tools. Makes me want to plan some trips!

Art Project museums:

• Archaeologisches Museum Hamburg
• Museo del Vetro, Venice (roman glass)
• Acropolis Museum, Athens
• Altes Museum, Staatlisches Museen de Berlin 
• Benaki Museum of Greek Civilization
• Munzkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden (coins!)
• Musei Capitolini, Rome
• Museo Arqueologico de Alicante 
• Museo Arqueologico Nacional (Madrid)
• Museo Nacional de Arqueologica Subacuatica (Spain)
• Museo Nacional de Arte Romana (Merida, Spain)
• Museum of Cycladic Art (Athens)
• National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara (Italy)
• Numismatic Museum (Athens)
• Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Note that not every display or object in a given museum is included; these are generally selections from the collections. There are 290 museums in total and I haven’t looked at all of them for relevance – there are lots of large city and national museums that probably include a few items from the ancient Mediterranean.  Coverage is thoroughly international, with especially good coverage of Europe, North America, and Asia. Have a look!