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Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia and search engine published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009. Originally sold on CD-ROM or DVD, it was also available online via annual subscription, although later articles could also be viewed for free online with advertisements. [1]
Entrance to the Science Museum of Virginia. A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science.Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of subject matter and introduced many interactive exhibits.
Such encyclopedias which made use of photos, audio and video were also called multimedia encyclopedias. Microsoft's Encarta, launched in 1993, was a landmark example as it had no printed equivalent. Articles were supplemented with video and audio files as well as numerous high-quality images.
The museum was founded in 1953 with help from local businessman Hugh M. North. [1] It became independent from the college in 1992. In 2014, the museum underwent a renovation before reopening in 2015. [2] [3]
The drawings was designated by the National Museum of Singapore as one of 11 "national treasures" in January 2006. [2] As at 2011, the collection was believed to be worth at least $11 million. In 2011, 70 works from the collection were placed on permanent display in the Goh Seng Choo Gallery of the museum, named for Goh's father. [3]
Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad; Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad; Birla Planetarium, Chennai; Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences; Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram; National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) National Science Centre, Delhi; Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
The British Museum, is an encyclopedic national museum, London, United Kingdom. Encyclopedic museums are large, mostly national, institutions that offer visitors an abundance of information on a variety of subjects that tell both local and global stories. The aim of encyclopedic museums is to provide examples of each classification available ...
The Museum of Life and Science—previously known as the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science and the NC Children's Museum—is an 84-acre (340,000 m 2) science museum located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The museum campus lies in the midst of the Northgate Park neighborhood, bisected by Murray Avenue.