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The project received a $1 million grant from the US Institute of Museum and Library Services, [5] from which the Indianapolis Museum of Art is working to apply folksonomy to its collection, [6] and is one of a number of related projects currently working to make art more accessible and to find its role in the digital age. [4] [7]
This artwork is old enough so that it is in the public domain, and the museum permitted photography without restriction. I took this photograph and release it into the public domain. References: RKDimages ID: 219617 ; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art artwork ID: 27579 ; Source/Photographer: Own work, Daderot, 4 November 2011, 21:25:14: Other versions
In 1966, C. A. 'Peter' Newham described an alignment for the equinoxes by drawing a line between one of the Station Stones with a posthole next to the Heel Stone. He also identified a lunar alignment; the long sides of the rectangle created by the four station stones matched the Moon rise and moonset at the major standstill.
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A Stonehenge replica is located on the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Ector County, US. About twenty stone blocks, similar in size, shape, and appearance to the ancient Stonehenge, were unveiled in the summer of 2004. Foamhenge is a full-size, astronomically aligned Stonehenge made out of foam in Virginia, US. [4]
The Salisbury Museum (previously The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum) is a museum in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It houses one of the best collections relating to Stonehenge and local archaeology. [1] The museum is housed in The King's House, a Grade I listed building, [2] where King James I of England was
Other museums with material from Stonehenge and Avebury include the British Museum, National Museum of Wales, Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Ashmolean Museum. Other archives include the Historic England Archive in Swindon, the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, and the Bodleian Library at ...
Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis released their song "Stonehenge" in 2011, in which they ponder Stonehenge's mysterious origins. [3] In the 1985 American comedy film National Lampoon's European Vacation, the Griswold family win a vacation across Europe, the Griswold's visit Stonehenge during the UK part of their trip. After viewing the site Clark ...