TED Talks
David Kelley: Human-centered design
IDEO's David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.
TED Talks
TED: The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings | Renzo Piano
Legendary architect Renzo Piano -- the mind behind such indelible buildings as The Shard in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the new Whitney Museum of Art in New York City -- takes us on a stunning tour through his life's work....
SciShow Kids
Your Super Skeleton!
Maybe you’ve seen skeletons in museums, or in Halloween decorations, but do you know how powerful your skeleton really is? Learn some fun facts about your bones!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The hidden worlds within natural history museums - Joshua Drew
When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancient lifeless things, like dinosaurs or meteorites. But behind that educational exterior, there are hidden laboratories where scientific breakthroughs...
PBS
Native American imagery is everywhere but understanding lags behind
Native imagery is embedded in the national subconscious, whether we're paying attention or not. A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian is titled simply "Americans" and shows how all aspects of life have been touched...
TED Talks
Thelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change
Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "post-black" artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Lake Titicaca
LAKE TITICACA LAKE TITICACA IS THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN THE WORLD. SPREAD ACROSS THE BORDER BETWEEN BOLIVIA AND PERU IT SPANS OVER 8,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES AT A HEIGHT OF OVER 3,800 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
Curated Video
Landmarks - Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON MENTION THE NAME WIMBLEDON ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND YOU WILL USUALLY GET THE SAME RESPONSE - INSTANT RECOGNITION THAT IT IS THE HOME OF TENNIS AND PERHAPS THE HEART OF ENGLAND. ALTHOUGH IT MOVED TO ITS PRESENT HOME IN CHURCH...
Curated Video
Sao Paulo: The Largest City in the Americas
São Paulo, Brazil:"...we will travel to the Paulista avenue, to discover São Paulo ... where action always comes alive."
Curated Video
Saint Petersburg: Peter the Great and the Hermitage Museum
Discovering Saint Petersburg, Russia:Next, we journey to Saint Petersburg, the historic capital of Russia. Explore the grandeur of the Hermitage Museum, home to one of the world's largest art collections, boasting nearly three million...
Curated Video
Preserving Endangered Species: The Frozen Ark Initiative
The Frozen Ark initiative at London's Natural History Museum aims to preserve the genetic codes of endangered species by storing their living tissue. As thousands of animal species face the threat of extinction within the next few...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Petra
PETRA IN SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, IS ONE OF ANTIQUITIES MOST INFLUENTIAL AND PROSPEROUS CITIES. HEWN FROM MASSIVE ROCK CLIFFS THE ANCIENT TRADING CITY LIES IN THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY ABOUT 80 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE DEAD SEA. IN JULY 2007, PETRA...
Curated Video
British Space Science: Exploring Saturn and Capturing Solar Wind Particles
Discover the fascinating world of British space science at the Science Museum's latest exhibition. From capturing solar wind particles to exploring Saturn's rings and moons, this exhibition showcases the cutting-edge research missions...
Curated Video
Restoring Michelangelo's Last Work: The Ron Donini Pieta
This video discusses the restoration of Michelangelo's Rondanini Pieta using a new technique called fluorescence lifetime imaging. The technique allows restorers to accurately identify and remove dirt and unwanted materials from the...
Curated Video
Decoding the Flight Abilities of Archaeopteryx: Insights from X-ray Scans
The video explores the fascinating Archaeopteryx fossil found at the Natural History Museum in London. Scientists have long debated whether this creature could fly or not, given its characteristics resembling both dinosaurs and modern...
Curated Video
Unveiling the Life of Nesperenib: Insights from Cyber Paleontology
This video explores the use of advanced technology to uncover new details about the life of Nesperenib, a high priest from ancient Egypt. Through X-ray techniques and specially developed software, researchers have been able to create a...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Parthenon
PARTHENON THE PARTHENON INATHENS IS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN LANDMARKS IN THE WORLD TOWERING OVER CENTRAL ATHENS ON ACROPOLIS HILL IT IS KNOWN TO BE ONE OF, IF NOT THE ACTUAL, BIRTH PLACE OF DEMOCRACY. BUILT AT THE HEIGHT OF GREEK...
Curated Video
Landmarks - France Indigenous Museum
FRANCE INDIGENOUS MUSEUM NOT ALL LANDMARKS ARE EASY TO SUPPORT. TAKE THE CASE OF A NEW PARISIAN MUSEUM WHICH CELEBRATES INDIGENOUS ARTS FROM FOUR CONTINENTS. EVEN THE CHOICE OF A NAME FOR WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE "MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY" WAS...
Curated Video
Landmarks - The Glass House
THE GLASS HOUSE IN LIFE, AMERICAN PHILIP JOHNSON WAS TO MANY AN ENIGMA: AN ICON OF ARCHITECTURAL MODERNISM, WHO FOR MANY OF HIS 98 YEARS LIVED IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. BUT DESPITE DESIGNS SUCH AS THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AT NEW YORK’S MUSEUM OF...
Curated Video
Landmarks - 3D Egypt Library
3D EGYPT LIBRARY NEW TOOLS HAVE NOT ONLY MADE THE SCIENTISTS JOB EASIER BUT THEY HAVE ALSO ENHANCED OUR UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS HARD WORK. AT THE ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY IN EGYPT, THEY VE TAKEN THE CONCEPT A STEP...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Art Deco Museum
ART DECO MUSEUM ONCE UPON A TIME A PALACE OF FRENCH KINGS AND PRINCES, THE LOUVRE IS TODAY IS THE PALACE OF ARTS AND IS HOME TO ONE OF THE RICHEST COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD. THE HISTORIC LOUVRE IS ALSO HOME TO MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ,...
Curated Video
Exploring the Intersection of Art and Electronics: The Art Electronica Centre
The Art Electronica Centre, in collaboration with the American Museum of the Moving Image, is a cutting-edge gallery showcasing the evolution of electronic art. With a focus on social interaction, the museum features a range of...
Curated Video
Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt: A Rare Exhibition of Mummies and Treasures
The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA, will be hosting the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities ever to leave the UK. This exhibition, titled "Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt," features 140 ancient objects, including six...
Curated Video
Only In Greece 13 - Protest for the Return of Parthenon Marbles
Protest for the Return of Parthenon Marbles:Students protest the removal of sculptures and friezes known as the Parthenon Marbles, taken in the early 1800s and sold to Britain in 1816.