UNESCO Historical Collection Available on Google Arts & Culture

Historical documents and pieces that are part of UNESCO 's " Memory of the World " collection can now be accessed free of charge through the Google Arts & Culture platform. The partnership aims to democratize historical artifacts, so that more people can come into contact with them. the collection.

These are records, maps and manuscripts that represent true milestones in the history of humanity and are now within everyone's reach. In the collection, you can find rarities such as the original manuscripts of William Shakespeare and the maps used in the voyages of Christopher Columbus; as well as rediscovering more recent events , such as the tragedies in Chernobyl in the 1980s, or the tsunami that devastated countries bathed by the Indian Ocean, in 2004. On the page, there are also many other historical items from countries such as France, India, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Israel, Australia, United Kingdom, USA, among others. To access the collection, visit the Google Arts & Culture page .