Dear All, ( with apologies for cross posting)
Phase one of Connected Earth - BT's virtual museum on the Internet, and the
hub of a innovative solution by BT to promote and safeguard its unique
heritage - is up and running. The web-based museum is now live at
www.connected-earth.com , using the very latest communications technology to
bring to life the telecommunications heritage of the past two centuries,
underpinning the physical collections that are already starting to appear
around the country.
BT has been running the Connected Earth project over the past year, in
collaboration key partner museums around the country. There have been a
number of milestone achievements, including the official launch at the BT
Tower on 11 April by Tessa Jowell, Culture Secretary, Matthew Evans, Chair
of Resource and Sir Christopher Bland, BT Chairman. Three major exhibitions
have also opened at Goonhilly Earth Station, Avoncroft Museum of Historic
Buildings, and Amberley Working Museum. Further permanent exhibitions and
galleries will follow at other partner museums, including the Science
Museum, the Museum of London, the National Museums of Scotland, and the
Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester.
The web site database already holds over a thousand web pages of information
and during the course of 2002, this will continue to grow to approaching
2,000 pages. Work is already underway for phase two with new content being
added and enhancements being made to the functionality and usability. Many
hundreds of objects in the BT heritage collection have especially
photographed, and pictures and illustrations from the BT Group Archives'
rich sources scanned. As with any true multi-media site, the visitor is in
charge and can switch between straight narrative, pictures of objects in 3D,
oral or written reminiscences from people who used to work in the industry,
film clips and simple interactive explanations of the basic scientific
principles.
You are invited to explore telecommunications history through nine themes or
'journeys' and at each stage you can make further choices according to your
own interests and discover more about the objects, the people, the history,
innovation and technology.
The full potential of the site is best seen using the Internet Explorer
browser. Flash, QuickTime and broadband access will enhance the experience
but the site will work equally well for those without these facilities.
David Hay
Head of Group Archives
BT Group plc
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