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The Museum of Human Evolution, one of the 50 institutions in the world selected by Google to participate in new virtual natural history exhibitions in 'Google Arts & Culture'

The Museum of Human Evolution participates in this new online experience by Google, available from today. It Is the result of the partnership of this company with some of the most emblematic Natural History institutions in 15 different countries. In Spain, the Museum of Human Evolution has been selected along with the Madrid and Barcelona Natural Science Museums. This project allows people to virtually move through the most spectacular collection of Natural History available.

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The Museum of Human Evolution (MEH) is one of the 50 Natural History institutions in the world selected to participate in the new project 'Google Cultural Institute'. Available from today, it is a trip back in time through an unprecedented, interactive, dynamic and immersive experience to see the diversity and fragility of Nature. In Spain, the Museum of Human Evolution is one of the selected centres along with the National Museums of Natural Sciences in Madrid and Barcelona.

 

The new online exhibition -at g.co/naturalhistory- is the result of the alliance between Google and some of the most emblematic Natural History institutions in 15 different countries. It will allow users to discover treasures of Natural History for free, including the collection of the Museum of Human Evolution. This virtual experience brings extinct animals to life, in addition to telling fascinating stories about the evolution of our planet over billions of years. Viewers will also have direct contact with dinosaurs and other animals from the Jurassic through 360º videos, to better observe how they lived and enjoy the feeling of being with them.

 

The Museum of Human Evolution has entered into an association with 'Google Cultural Institute' within the framework of the synergies it has established with different institutions as a strategy to promote cultural development in its broadest sense, to project the dissemination and image of the Museum as large scientific and cultural repository and to enhance its internationalisation. In this regard, the Museum strives to be a space for educational and cultural interaction through the arts that generates enjoyment, thought and reflection and encourages the development of sensitivity and dialogue between knowledge, culture and life. The Museum understands international partnerships with entities related to next-generation technologies as a priority.

 

The Museum of Human Evolution’s Collection

The MEH has a collection of more than 50 items, including Skull 5 or 'Miguelón', one of the most complete and best preserved skulls of the world fossil record or the 'Gran Dolina Boy', a fragment of the skull frontal bone and jawbone belonging to an individual of about 10-12 years of age whose discovery, along with other human remains in 1994, showed that the human presence in Europe was much older than previously thought. It can be seen through this link https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner/museo-de-la-evolucion-humana

 

In addition, three interactive stories that inform us about the best exhibitions in the museum are presented: Cultural Evolution: human evolution from a cultural perspective; Biological Evolution: human evolution from a biological perspective and Atapuerca: original fossils of early humans in Western Europe.

 

Street View images in widescreen format offer users the ability to virtually visit iconic places like the Museum of Human Evolution, London’s Natural History Museum and the American Museum of Natural History in New York.  In addition, users can also enjoy over a hundred fascinating stories about dinosaurs and the best-known fossils worldwide and improve their knowledge of plants, insects and minerals at g.co/naturalhistory.

 

With regard to this international project and this partnership with Google Cultural Institute, Alejandro Sarmiento, managing director of the Atapuerca System, stressed the benefits that the use of innovative technology has for the museum, which allows "reaching new audiences online". In this regard, he considers the Internet "a great opportunity to promote culture" and appreciates this particular project which aims to "provide new international awareness about the Museum of Human Evolution in the world of natural history, which will allow more people to come to see the exhibition in person".

 

Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute works with over 1,000 organisations to make the world's cultural treasures accessible to Internet users and create tools to enable the cultural world to share much of its rich cultural legacy online.

 

For this exhibition, Natural History institutions from 15 countries have created more than one hundred interactive stories. They have also shared a total of 300,000 photos, videos and other documents online in collaboration with Google. The latest technological innovations help make the magic of these legendary places a reality, offering everyone the chance to again come into contact with the history of our evolution and showing us our planet in all its glory.

 

The new online exhibition opens today at g.co/naturalhistory and is accessible free of charge to everyone on the web and through the new mobile app Google Arts & Culture on iOS and Android. All 360º videos can be viewed on YouTube.