The Google Cultural Institute was established in 2010 with a simple mission - to 'help preserve and promote culture online'. The Institute is an effort to make important cultural material available and accessible to everyone and to digitally preserve it to educate and inspire future generations. We believe that the Cultural Institute can be an especially useful way to engage students, scholars and teachers through innovative and interactive learning.
UNESCO estimates that half of 6,000 plus languages and cultures today will disappear by the end of this century if nothing is done to preserve them.
To date, hundreds of museums, cultural institutions, and archives have partnered with us to host some of their cultural treasures online, and last week we announced our first partnership in Nigeria with Pan-Atlantic University!
Nigeria's Pan-Atlantic University presents its collection of rare historical documents and photographs. Spanning 1851-1914, they tell the story of Nigeria's formation as a colony. The second exhibition traces the transformation of Lagos from a cosmopolitan colonial trading center to West Africa's largest metropolis.
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