Google Takes Street View Inside 17 Museums for Virtual Tours

The Internet giant is partnering with 17 great museums to offer virtual tours that let users see the works up close—really close. Blake Gopnik takes a stroll and wonders whether the technology will overpower the art.

Museums can offer one thing no one else can: intimate, in-person encounters with great works of art, no bells or whistles necessary.

This morning, Google and 17 great museums are trumpeting a new initiative,The Art Project, that is all bells and whistles, but ones that are so impressive they could pass for an orchestra. That means there’s some risk they’ll drown out the art.

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Google Takes Street View Inside 17 Museums for Virtual Tours.

 

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