Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien auf Googles Kunstplattform

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Durch einen Beitrag auf Heise (weitere deutsche Museen) habe ich bemerkt, dass das Kunstwerke aus dem Kunsthistorisches Museum in Wien bereits auf Googles Kunstplattform aufrufbar sind
geniale Sache imho, so genau wird man die Kunstwerke in Echt nie betrachten können, obwohl es einen Besuch nicht ersetzen wird/kann

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Fine Arts)
121 Kunstwerke von 62 Künstler

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is one of the foremost museums in the world, with rich holdings comprising artworks from seven millennia - from Ancient Egypt to the late 18th century. The collections of Renaissance and Baroque art are of particular importance.The KHMs extensive holdings are on show at different locations:The main building on Ringstrasse houses the Picture Gallery, the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, the Coin Collection, and the Kunstkammer that will reopen in December 2012.
Other collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum are housed in the Neue Burg (i.e. the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, the Collection of Arms and Armour, and the Ephesus Museum), in Hofburg Palace (the Treasury), and in Schoenbrunn Palace (the Collection of Historical Carriages)
The collections on show at Ambras Palace are also part of the holdings of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
Since January 2001, the Museum of Ethnology on Heldenplatz and the Austrian Theatre Museum on Lobkowitz Square have been incorporated into the KHM.


  Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien auf Googles Kunstplattform