Gettysburg Address

Two 'Gettysburg Address' stories November 2013 - August 2014

Google’s Cultural Institute teams up with Europeana to bring more than 2000 museums & archives online

Ben Lovejoy Aug 1 2014 - 7:32 am PT

Google’s Cultural Institute – which puts online materials previously only available to visitors to particular museums, archives and institutes – has taken on its biggest challenge yet. Google is working with Europeana to bring online the collections of more than 2000 museums, archives and institutes.

It’s a tremendous undertaking to bring Europe’s rich cultural heritage online, one that can only be achieved by both private and public effort. As this collaboration shows, both Europeana and Google share similar visions – allowing people around the world to explore Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage from prehistory to the modern day …

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See Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten Gettysburg Address in hi-res at Google Cultural Institute

Ben Lovejoy Nov 19 2013 - 4:42 am PT

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There’s nothing that makes history real quite like seeing original, handwritten documents. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was just 272 words long and reportedly took just two minutes to deliver, yet has been widely recognised as one of the most important speeches ever given, playing a key role in re-uniting the USA after the civil war and reminding the nation of its founding principles.

You can now view all five handwritten copies in high resolution at Google’s Cultural Institute website on the 150th anniversary of the famous speech. The online exhibit is supported by contemporary drawings, plans and reports and is well worth a visit.