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A portal to the History Web.

The OPEN HISTORY ARCHIVE gathers, categorises and showcases projects that experiment with the World Wide Web as a space for communicating historical knowledge, (mainly) through visual means.

2016 The Museum of The World Interactive Geo-Referenced Map; Digital Archive History of Literature; Heritage Sites Trieste
YEAR TITLE GENRE THEME COUNTRY
2018 BAGAN Online Exhibition, Virtual Tour Buddhist Myanmar temples United States
2018 1968.DIGITAL Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary 1968 heroes Russia
2018 X DEGREES OF SEPARATION Fluid Interface Artworks + Machine Learning United States
2018 T-SNE MAP Fluid Interface Artworks + Machine Learning United States
2017 FREE FALL Fluid Interface, Interactive Timeline Artworks in a 3D space United States
2017 CURATOR TABLE Fluid Interface, Interactive Timeline Artworks in a 3D space United States
2016 TOPOSTEXT Temporal Map, Digital Archive Greek history and literature Greece
2016 PUBLIC DOMAIN VISUALIZATION Fluid Interface NYPL collections United States
2016 PROJECT 1917 Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary Russian Revolution Russia
2016 PAST VISIONS Fluid Interface, Online Exhibition Frederick William IV of Prussia Germany
2016 NET ART ANTHOLOGY Online Exhibition The history of Net Art United States
2016 #1917LIVE Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary Russian Revolution Russia
2015 THNGS Online Exhibition, Digital Archive Material History Russia
2015 THE MUSEUM OF THE WORLD Interactive Timeline, Online Exhibition The British Museum collection United States, United Kingdom
2015 THE FALLEN OF WORLD WAR II Interactive Documentary, Data Visualisation Second World War United States
2015 QUIPU PROJECT Interactive Documentary, Pluralist Narrative Forced sterilisation in Peru Peru
2015 MAPPING OCCUPATION Temporal Map American Civil War, Animated Timeline United States
2015 HISTOGRAPHY Interactive Timeline Major historical events Israel
2014 WARSAW RISING 1944 Interactive Documentary, Online Exhibition Warsaw and Poland fight for freedom Poland, Germany
2014 RUNNING REALITY Temporal Map, Interactive Timeline Political borders across time United States
2014 AFTER 6/4 Interactive Documentary, Pluralist Narrative Tiananmen Square protests Australia
2014 A GLOBAL GUIDE TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR Interactive Documentary, Temporal Map First World War United Kingdom
2011 HIROSHIMA ARCHIVE Temporal Map, Pluralist Narrative Atomic bombing of Hiroshima Japan
2011 GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE Digital Archive, Online Exhibition, Virtual Tour, Fluid Interface Art History and Cultural Heritage United States
2010 CYARK Virtual Tour, Online Exhibition, Digital Archive Art History and Cultural Heritage United States
2008 EUROPEANA Digital Archive, Online Exhibition European Cultural Heritage European Union countries
2006 NYPL DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Digital Archive Human history, art, and culture United States
1996 DAVID RUMSEY MAP COLLECTION Digital Archive, Online Exhibition Historical cartography United States
1994 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Digital Archive American history, art, and culture United States
BAGAN Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/bagan

Virtual Tour, Online Exhibition

2018

1968.DIGITAL Open Open
1968.digital

Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary

2018

X DEGREES
OF SEPARATION Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/xdegrees

Fluid Interface

2018

T-SNE MAP Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/tsnemap

Fluid Interface

2018

FREE FALL Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/freefall

Fluid Interface, Animated Timeline

2017

CURATOR TABLE Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/curatortable

Fluid Interface, Animated Timeline

2017

TOPOSTEXT Open Open
topostext.org

Temporal Map, Digital Archive

2016

PUBLIC DOMAIN VISUALIZATION Open Open
publicdomain.nypl.org

Fluid Interface, Digital Archive

2016

#1917LIVE Open Open
1917.rt.com

Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary

2016

PROJECT 1917 Open Open
project1917.com

Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary

2016

PAST VISIONS Open Open
uclab.fh-potsdam.de

Fluid Interface, Online Exhibition

2016

NET ART ANTHOLOGY Open Open
anthology.rhizome.org/

Online Exhibition

2016

THNGS Open Open
thngs.co

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition

2015

THE MUSEUM OF THE WORLD Open Open
britishmuseum.withgoogle.com

Interactive Timeline, Online Exhibition

2015

THE FALLEN OF WORLD WAR II Open Open
fallen.io

Interactive Documentary

2015

QUIPU PROJECT Open Open
interactive.quipu-project.com

Interactive Documentary, Pluralist Narrative

2015

MAPPING OCCUPATION Open Open
mappingoccupation.org

Temporal Map, Animated Timeline

2015

HISTOGRAPHY Open Open
histography.io

Interactive Timeline

2015

WARSAW RISING 1944 Open Open
warsawrising.eu

Interactive Documentary

2014

RUNNING REALITY Open Open
runningreality.org

Temporal Map, Interactive Timeline

2014

AFTER 6/4 Open Open
after64.sbs.com.au

Interactive Documentary, Pluralist Narrative

2014

A GLOBAL GUIDE
TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR Open Open
theguardian.com/firstworldwar

Interactive Documentary, Temporal Map

2014

HIROSHIMA ARCHIVE Open Open
hiroshima.mapping.jp

Temporal Map, Pluralist Narrative

2011

GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE Open Open
artsandculture.google.com

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition, Fluid Interface, Virtual Tour

2011

CYARK Open Open
cyark.org

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition, Virtual Tour

2010

EUROPEANA Open Open
europeana.eu

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition

2008

NYPL DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Open Open
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org

Digital Archive

2006

DAVID RUMSEY MAP COLLECTION Open Open
davidrumsey.com

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition

1996

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Open Open
loc.gov

Digital Archive

1994

SUBMIT A WEBSITE
FILTER

A portal to the History Web.

The OPEN HISTORY ARCHIVE gathers, categorises and showcases projects that experiment with the World Wide Web as a space for communicating historical knowledge, (mainly) through visual means.

BAGAN Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/bagan

Virtual Tour, Online Exhibition

2018

1968.DIGITAL Open Open
1968.digital

Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary

2018

X DEGREES
OF SEPARATION Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/xdegrees

Fluid Interface

2018

T-SNE MAP Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/tsnemap

Fluid Interface

2018

FREE FALL Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/freefall

Fluid Interface, Animated Timeline

2017

CURATOR TABLE Open Open
artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/curatortable

Fluid Interface, Animated Timeline

2017

TOPOSTEXT Open Open
topostext.org

Temporal Map, Digital Archive

2016

PUBLIC DOMAIN VISUALIZATION Open Open
publicdomain.nypl.org

Fluid Interface, Digital Archive

2016

PROJECT 1917 Open Open
project1917.com

Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary

2016

PAST VISIONS Open Open
uclab.fh-potsdam.de

Fluid Interface, Online Exhibition

2016

NET ART ANTHOLOGY Open Open
anthology.rhizome.org/

Online Exhibition

2016

#1917LIVE Open Open
1917.rt.com

Social Media Simulation, Interactive Documentary

2016

THNGS Open Open
thngs.co

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition

2015

THE MUSEUM OF THE WORLD Open Open
britishmuseum.withgoogle.com

Interactive Timeline, Online Exhibition

2015

THE FALLEN OF WORLD WAR II Open Open
fallen.io

Interactive Documentary

2015

QUIPU PROJECT Open Open
interactive.quipu-project.com

Interactive Documentary, Pluralist Narrative

2015

MAPPING OCCUPATION Open Open
mappingoccupation.org

Temporal Map, Animated Timeline

2015

HISTOGRAPHY Open Open
histography.io

Interactive Timeline

2015

WARSAW RISING 1944 Open Open
warsawrising.eu

Interactive Documentary

2014

RUNNING REALITY Open Open
runningreality.org

Temporal Map, Interactive Timeline

2014

AFTER 6/4 Open Open
after64.sbs.com.au

Interactive Documentary, Pluralist Narrative

2014

A GLOBAL GUIDE
TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR Open Open
theguardian.com/firstworldwar

Interactive Documentary, Temporal Map

2014

HIROSHIMA ARCHIVE Open Open
hiroshima.mapping.jp

Temporal Map, Pluralist Narrative

2011

GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE Open Open
artsandculture.google.com

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition, Fluid Interface, Virtual Tour

2011

CYARK Open Open
cyark.org

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition, Virtual Tour

2010

EUROPEANA Open Open
europeana.eu

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition

2008

NYPL DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Open Open
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org

Digital Archive

2006

DAVID RUMSEY MAP COLLECTION Open Open
davidrumsey.com

Digital Archive, Online Exhibition

1996

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Open Open
loc.gov

Digital Archive

1994

SUBMIT A WEBSITE
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