A quick Sunday evening post for those who like to spend their online time learning about the most diverse things.
Open Culture - a quick one stop shop for a wealth of online resources for language learning, interesting podcasts, free ebooks and classic films, etc.
Khan Academy - mostly science lessons and exercises, but also has a growing collection of history, art history and American Civics, for those a bit more humanities orientated.
Smithsonian Podcasts - One stop shop for Smithsonian podcasts (also available on iTunes, but a chore to search through.
Archaeology, Museums and Outreach - a recently published blog post detailing the best free downloads. I’ll be adding them to the Free Museum Resources Online page in the next couple of days.
Museum ID - Publishes a journal and has recently completed a nine-book series of which one chapter of each is available to download for free. Free!
Enjoy! And don’t forget to let me know if you find any great, free museum-related resources online that I can add to the growing list.
I love the bit at the end that gently puts it out there that of 80 000 objects only 1% are on display and:
Although the museum rotates the objects on show, any item can be seen by appointment.
Endless. Possibilities.