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British Museum to be Digitally Recreated In Minecraft

British Museum to be digitally recreated in Minecraft By Joe Miller Technology Reporter



23 September 2014



The British Museum in London - complete with all its exhibits - is to be recreated in the video game Minecraft.



This project is part of the Museum of the Future program, which aims at increasing the attraction of the institution.



Numerous real-world organizations have made maps in Minecraft which includes Ordnance Survey, the Danish government, and Ordnance Survey. They want to inform young people of their work.



This week, Minecraft was sold to Microsoft for $2.5bn (PS1.5bn).



A spokesperson for the museum stressed that the project was in "an early stage of planning" and that the "build" has not yet started.



She also said that the group is planning to recruit people from the public to assist with the "construction".



The British Museum



The first national public museum in the world, established in 1753.



UK's most popular visitor attraction



Nearly six million people visit the museum each year. The museum has eight million items.



Its natural history collections were moved to a new location in South Kensington in the 1880s which would become the Natural History Museum



Its instantly identifiable Great Court, designed by Lord Foster is the biggest covered public space in Europe



One British Museum employee posted details of the project on the social media site Reddit soliciting volunteers to join in.



The game received enthusiastic reactions from Minecraft fans across the all over the world.
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Initial stages



The initial step will be to digitally design the Great Court and facade of the building.



The institution hopes that this stage will be ready in time for the public debate entitled Changing public dialogs with museums in the digital age. It will take place on October 16th.



Ed Barton, who researches gaming for the analytics firm Ovum Ed Barton, who is the head of Ovum's gaming research department, BBC the British Museum's move to Minecraft will allow it to be "perceived as something fun", and would be a powerful educational tool among a younger audience.



He explained, "It's the digital version of building the British Museum using Lego." "You must build it brick by brick".



He added that the organization should be praised for crowdsourcing it "as this transforms it into something collaborative" and will further draw in younger Minecraft fans.



"What a cool project it would be to be asked to construct the Elgin Marbles in Minecraft," he said.



Reddit is the best place to let people know you are interested in assisting the British Museum project.



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British Museum - Museum of the Future


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