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- The First Museum Dedicated to Japanese Folklore Monsters Is Now Open, 31 May 2019 in History
- Take a Visual Journey Through 181 Years of Street Photography (1838–2019), 30 May 2019 in History&Photography
- McDonald’s Opens a Tiny Restaurant — and It’s Only for Bees, 29 May 2019 in Food & Drink&Nature
- Andy Warhol Demystified: Four Videos Explain His Groundbreaking Art and Its Cultural Impact, 28 May 2019 in Art&History
- Why You Should Read Crime and Punishment: An Animated Introduction to Dostoevsky’s Moral Thriller, 27 May 2019 in Literature
- Johannes Kepler Theorized That Each Planet Sings a Song, Each in a Different Voice: Mars is a Tenor; Mercury, a Soprano; and Earth, an Alto, 24 May 2019 in Astronomy&Music&Science
- The Creative Life of Jim Henson Explored in a Six-Part Documentary Series, 23 May 2019 in History&Television
- The Strikingly Beautiful Maps & Charts That Fired the Imagination of Students in the 1880s, 22 May 2019 in Education&History&Maps
- The Bauhaus Bookshelf: Download Original Bauhaus Books, Journals, Manifestos & Ads That Still Inspire Designers Worldwide, 21 May 2019 in Art&Design&History
- Discover Kōlams, the Traditional Indian Patterns That Combine Art, Mathematics & Magic, 20 May 2019 in Art&Math&Religion
- What Did Etruscan Sound Like? An Animated Video Pronounces the Ancient Language That We Still Don’t Fully Understand, 17 May 2019 in History
- The Writing System of the Cryptic Voynich Manuscript Explained: British Researcher May Have Finally Cracked the Code, 16 May 2019 in Books&History
- Paris, New York & Havana Come to Life in Colorized Films Shot Between 1890 and 1931, 15 May 2019 in Film&History
- Would You Go Back to 1889 and Take Out Baby Hitler?: Time-Travel Expert James Gleick Answers the Philosophical Question, 14 May 2019 in History&Sci Fi
- Oliver Sacks’ Recommended Reading List of 46 Books: From Plants and Neuroscience, to Poetry and the Prose of Nabokov, 13 May 2019 in Books&Neuroscience
- Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols Creates a Short Film for NASA to Recruit New Astronauts (1977), 10 May 2019 in Science&Television
- What is Camp? When the “Good Taste of Bad Taste” Becomes an Aesthetic, 09 May 2019 in Fashion
- What the Theory?: Watch Short Introductions to Postmodernism, Semiotics, Phenomenology, Marxist Literary Criticism and More, 08 May 2019 in Philosophy
- How David Bowie Used William S. Burroughs’ Cut-Up Method to Write His Unforgettable Lyrics, 07 May 2019 in Art&Music
- The Rise and Fall of Western Empires Visualized Through the Artful Metaphor of Cell Division, 06 May 2019 in Animation&History
- How to Make a Medieval Manuscript: An Introduction in 7 Videos, 03 May 2019 in Books&History
- The Last Duel Took Place in France in 1967, and It’s Caught on Film, 02 May 2019 in History
- Watch Six New Short Alien Films: Created to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Film, 01 May 2019 in Film&Sci Fi
- The Cast of Avengers: Endgame Rendered in Traditional Japanese Ukiyo‑e Style, 30 Apr 2019 in Art&Film
- Roald Dahl, Who Lost His Daughter to Measles, Writes a Heartbreaking Letter about Vaccinations: “It Is Almost a Crime to Allow Your Child to Go Unimmunised”, 29 Apr 2019 in Life&Science
- Watch the Twin Peaks Visual Soundtrack Released Only in Japan: A New Way to Experience David Lynch’s Classic Show, 29 Apr 2019 in Music&Television
- Trivial Pursuit: The Shakespeare Edition Has Just Been Released: Answer 600 Questions Based on the Life & Works of William Shakespeare, 26 Apr 2019 in History&Literature&Theatre
- Animated Maps Reveal the True Size of Countries (and Show How Traditional Maps Distort Our World), 25 Apr 2019 in Maps
- An Animated Introduction to H.P. Lovecraft and How He Invented a New Gothic Horror, 24 Apr 2019 in Literature
- The Daily Rituals of 143 Famous Female Creators: Octavia Butler, Edith Wharton, Coco Chanel & More, 23 Apr 2019 in Creativity&Productivity
- Enter, Explore, and Learn About Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson with a New Augmented-Reality App, 22 Apr 2019 in Art&Technology
- Climate Change Gets Strikingly Visualized by a Scottish Art Installation, 20 Apr 2019 in Art&Science
- 9 Science-Fiction Authors Predict the Future: How Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, William Gibson, Philip K. Dick & More Imagined the World Ahead, 18 Apr 2019 in History&Sci Fi
- A 16th Century “Database” of Every Book in the World Gets Unearthed: Discover the Libro de los Epítomes Assembled by Christopher Columbus’ Son, 17 Apr 2019 in Books&History
- How Andy Warhol and Tintin Creator Hergé Mutually Admired and Influenced One Another, 16 Apr 2019 in Art&Comics/Cartoons
- “Kubrick/Tarkovsky”: A Video Essay Explores the Visual Similarities Between the Two “Cinematic Giants”, 16 Apr 2019 in Film
- The Charlie Chaplin Archive Opens, Putting Online 30,000 Photos & Documents from the Life of the Iconic Film Star, 15 Apr 2019 in Film&History
- See the Oldest Printed Advertisement in English: An Ad for a Book from 1476, 11 Apr 2019 in History
- A Brief History of IDEO: A Short Documentary Takes You Inside the Design Firm That Changed the Way We Think about Design, 10 Apr 2019 in Design
- Behold the Sola-Busca Tarot Deck, the Earliest Complete Set of Tarot Cards (1490), 09 Apr 2019 in History
- Watch Great Directors, a Documentary That Explores the Minds of 10 Great Auteurs: David Lynch, Agnès Varda, Richard Linklater & More, 08 Apr 2019 in Film
- The Fantastical Sketchbook of a Medieval Inventor: See Designs for Flamethrowers, Mechanical Camels & More (Circa 1415), 05 Apr 2019 in History&Technology
- 800+ Treasured Medieval Manuscripts to Be Digitized by Cambridge & Heidelberg Universities, 04 Apr 2019 in Books&History&Libraries&Philosophy
- High School Kids Stage Alien: The Play, Get Kudos from Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, 03 Apr 2019 in Film&Theatre
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Beauty of Brutalist Architecture: An Introduction in Six Videos, 02 Apr 2019 in Architecture&History
- Modern Corporate Logos Reimagined in a Classic Bauhaus Style: Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Bauhaus Movement Today, 01 Apr 2019 in Art&Design
- Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts: Why So Many Drawings in the Margins Depict Bunnies Going Bad, 29 Mar 2019 in Art&Books&Comedy&History
- Newly Discovered Shipwreck Proves Herodotus, the “Father of History,” Correct 2500 Years Later, 28 Mar 2019 in History
- Salvador Dalí & the Marx Brothers’ 1930s Film Script Gets Released as a Graphic Novel, 27 Mar 2019 in Film&History
- Why Nobody Smiles in Old Photos: The Technological & Cultural Reasons Behind All those Black-and-White Frowns, 26 Mar 2019 in History&Photography
- Does Playing Music for Cheese During the Aging Process Change Its Flavor? Researchers Find That Hip Hop Makes It Smellier, and Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” Makes It Milder, 25 Mar 2019 in Food & Drink&Music
- Beautiful Hand-Colored Japanese Flowers Created by the Pioneering Photographer Ogawa Kazumasa (1896), 22 Mar 2019 in Art&Photography
- Why We Dance: An Animated Video Explains the Science Behind Why We Bust a Move, 21 Mar 2019 in Dance&Neuroscience
- David Lynch Teaches an Online Course on Film & Creativity, 20 Mar 2019 in Film&Online Courses
- Isaac Asimov Predicts the Future of Civilization–and Recommends Ways to Ensure That It Survives (1978), 19 Mar 2019 in Sci Fi
- Take a Journey Inside Vincent Van Gogh’s Paintings with a New Digital Exhibition, 18 Mar 2019 in Art&Technology
- The CIA’s Rectal Tool Kit for Spies–Created for Truly Desperate Situations During The Cold War, 15 Mar 2019 in History&Technology
- Jack Kerouac’s “Beat Paintings:” Now Gathered in One Book and Exhibition for the First Time, 14 Mar 2019 in Art&Literature
- An Animated Introduction to the Famous Thought Experiment, the “Trolley Problem,” Narrated by Harry Shearer, 13 Mar 2019 in Animation&Philosophy
- The Roman Roads of Spain & Portugal Visualized as a Subway Map: Ancient History Meets Modern Graphic Design, 12 Mar 2019 in Design&History
- Bill Murray Explains How a 19th-Century Painting Saved His Life, 11 Mar 2019 in Art
- The Cringe-Inducing Humor of The Office Explained with Philosophical Theories of Mind, 08 Mar 2019 in Comedy&Neuroscience&Photography&Television
- Van Gogh’s Ugliest Masterpiece: A Break Down of His Late, Great Painting, The Night Café (1888), 07 Mar 2019 in Art
- 100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Helen Fagin Reads Her Letter About How Books Save Lives, 06 Mar 2019 in Books&History
- 60 Free-to-Stream Movies for Women’s History Month: Classic Agnès Varda, a Portrait of Susan Sontag, Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, and More, 05 Mar 2019 in Film
- An Animated Introduction to the Chaotic Brilliance of Jean-Michel Basquiat: From Homeless Graffiti Artist to Internationally Renowned Painter, 04 Mar 2019 in Animation&Art
- The Elaborate Pictogram Ernest Hemingway Received in the Hospital During WWI: Can You Decode Its Meaning?, 01 Mar 2019 in History&Literature
- Download 10,000+ Books in Arabic, All Completely Free, Digitized and Put Online, 28 Feb 2019 in Books&e-books
- All the Rembrandts: The Rijksmuseum Puts All 400 Rembrandts It Owns on Display for the First Time, 27 Feb 2019 in Art
- The Life & Work of Edvard Munch, Explored by Patti Smith and Charlotte Gainsbourg, 26 Feb 2019 in Art
- The Lifespan of Ancient Civilizations Detailed in a Handy Infographic: Are We Headed Towards Our Own Collapse?, 25 Feb 2019 in History
- Hear a Six-Hour Mix Tape of Hunter S. Thompson’s Favorite Music & the Songs Name-Checked in His Gonzo Journalism, 22 Feb 2019 in Literature&Music
- The History of Ancient Greece in 18 Minutes: A Brisk Primer Narrated by Brian Cox, 21 Feb 2019 in History
- Haruki Murakami Announces an Archive That Will House His Manuscripts, Letters & Collection of 10,000+ Vinyl Records, 20 Feb 2019 in Literature&Music
- Watch Bauhaus World, a Free Documentary That Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Germany’s Legendary Art, Architecture & Design School, 19 Feb 2019 in Architecture&Design
- Famous Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Celebrated in a New Series of Stamps, 18 Feb 2019 in Art&History
- Watch the Trailers for Tolkien and Catch-22, Two New Literary Films, 15 Feb 2019 in Film&Literature&Television
- Hear Neil Gaiman Read Aloud 15 of His Own Works, and Works by 6 Other Great Writers: From The Graveyard Book & Coraline, to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven & Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, 14 Feb 2019 in Literature
- “Odyssey of the Ear”: A Beautiful Animation Shows How Sounds Travel Into Our Ears and Become Thoughts in Our Brain, 13 Feb 2019 in Harvard&K-12&Neuroscience
- How Talking Heads and Brian Eno Wrote “Once in a Lifetime”: Cutting Edge, Strange & Utterly Brilliant, 12 Feb 2019 in Music
- Dieter Rams Lists the 10 Timeless Principles of Good Design–Backed by Music by Brian Eno, 11 Feb 2019 in Design
- The Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: A Free Online Atlas That Helps Preserve Writing Systems That May Soon Disappear, 08 Feb 2019 in Writing
- The East German Secret Police’s Illustrated Guide for Identifying Youth Subcultures: Punks, Goths, Teds & More (1985), 07 Feb 2019 in Fashion&History
- Watch The Journey, the New Ridley Scott Short Film Teased During the Super Bowl, 06 Feb 2019 in Film&Television
- Pioneering Sci-Fi Author William Gibson Predicts in 1997 How the Internet Will Change Our World, 05 Feb 2019 in Books&Literature&Sci Fi&Technology
- How Dorothea Lange Shot, Migrant Mother, Perhaps the Most Iconic Photo in American History, 04 Feb 2019 in Photography
- How the Clavichord & Harpsichord Became the Modern Piano: The Evolution of Keyboard Instruments, Explained, 01 Feb 2019 in History&Music
- The Evolution of the Alphabet: A Colorful Flowchart, Covering 3,800 Years, Takes You From Ancient Egypt to Today, 31 Jan 2019 in History
- Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling in His New Online Course, 30 Jan 2019 in Online Courses&Writing
- Ursula K. Le Guin’s Daily Routine: The Discipline That Fueled Her Imagination, 29 Jan 2019 in Sci Fi&Writing
- How Michel Legrand (RIP) Gave the French New Wave a Sound: Revisit the Influential Music He Composed for Jean-Luc Godard & Jacques Demy’s Films, 28 Jan 2019 in Film&Music
- Why Should We Read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451? A New TED-Ed Animation Explains, 25 Jan 2019 in Animation&Books
- Watch 110 Lectures by Donald Knuth, “the Yoda of Silicon Valley,” on Programming, Mathematical Writing, and More, 24 Jan 2019 in Computer Science&Stanford
- Mountain Monks: A Vivid Short Documentary on the Monks Who Practice an Ancient, Once-Forbidden Religion in Japan, 23 Jan 2019 in Film&Religion
- The Ancient Romans First Committed the Sartorial Crime of Wearing Socks with Sandals, Archaeological Evidence Suggests, 22 Jan 2019 in Fashion&History
- To Help Digitize and Preserve the Sound of Stradivarius Violins, a City in Italy Has Gone Silent, 21 Jan 2019 in History&Music
- Hear the Sounds of the Actual Instruments for Which Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Handel Originally Composed Their Music, 18 Jan 2019 in History&Music
- An Animated History of Cheese: 10,000 Years in Under Six Minutes, 17 Jan 2019 in Food & Drink
- An Ancient Egyptian Homework Assignment from 1800 Years Ago: Some Things Are Truly Timeless, 16 Jan 2019 in Education&History&Writing
- Download Vincent van Gogh’s Collection of 500 Japanese Prints, Which Inspired Him to Create “the Art of the Future”, 15 Jan 2019 in Art
- A New Edition of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 That’s Only Readable When You Apply Heat to Its Pages: Pre-Order It Today, 14 Jan 2019 in Books
- Marie Kondo v. Tsundoku: Competing Japanese Philosophies on Whether to Keep or Discard Unread Books, 11 Jan 2019 in Books
- Artist Hand-Cuts an Intricate Octopus From a Single Piece of Paper: Discover the Japanese Art of Kirie, 10 Jan 2019 in Art
- When Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire Were Accused of Stealing the Mona Lisa (1911), 09 Jan 2019 in Art&History
- Watch Four Daring Films by Lois Weber, “the Most Important Female Director the American Film Industry Has Known” (1913–1921), 08 Jan 2019 in Film&History
- The Largest J.R.R. Tolkien Exhibit in Generations Is Coming to the U.S.: Original Drawings, Manuscripts, Maps & More, 07 Jan 2019 in Art&Books&Maps
- The King and the Mockingbird: The Surreal French Animated Film That Took 30 Years to Complete, and Profoundly Influenced Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, 04 Jan 2019 in Animation&Film
- An Animated History of Versailles: Six Minutes of Animation Show the Construction of the Grand Palace Over 400 Years, 03 Jan 2019 in Architecture&History
- 450+ Movie Scenes Where Actors Break the Fourth Wall, Presented in Two Big Supercuts, 02 Jan 2019 in Film
- Watch an Art Conservator Bring Classic Paintings Back to Life in Intriguingly Narrated Videos, 01 Jan 2019 in Art
- Haruki Murakami Day: Stream Seven Hours of Mixes Collecting All the Jazz, Classical & Classic American Pop Music from His Novels, 31 Dec 2018 in Books&Music
- Earthrise, Apollo 8’s Photo of Earth from Space, Turns 50: Download the Iconic Photograph from NASA, 28 Dec 2018 in Astronomy&History&Photography
- NASA Creates Movie Parody Posters for Its Expedition Flights: Download Parodies of Metropolis, The Matrix, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and More, 27 Dec 2018 in Design&Sci Fi&Science
- Buckminster Fuller Documented His Life Every 15 Minutes, from 1920 Until 1983, 26 Dec 2018 in Architecture&Design&History
- What Makes Music Sound Like Christmas Music? Hear the Single Most Christmassy Chord of All Explained, 25 Dec 2018 in Music
- Artificial Intelligence Creates Realistic Photos of People, None of Whom Actually Exist, 24 Dec 2018 in Photography&Technology
- Discover Isotype, the 1920s Attempt to Create a Universal Language with Stylish Icons & Graphic Design, 21 Dec 2018 in Design&History
- Take a Virtual Tour of Brazil’s National Museum & Its Artifacts: Google Digitized the Museum’s Collection Before the Fateful Fire, 20 Dec 2018 in Museums
- Watch the First-Ever Kiss on Film Between Two Black Actors, Just Honored by the Library of Congress (1898), 19 Dec 2018 in Film&History
- See Classic Japanese Woodblocks Brought Surreally to Life as Animated GIFs, 18 Dec 2018 in Animation&Art
- Pristine Footage Lets You Revisit Life in Paris in the 1890s: Watch Footage Shot by the Lumière Brothers, 17 Dec 2018 in Film&History
- The Revolutionary Title Sequences and Trailers Created by Pablo Ferro: Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Stop Making Sense, Bullitt & Other Films, 17 Dec 2018 in Animation&Film
- How the Astonishing Sushi Scene in Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs Was Animated: A Time-Lapse of the Month-Long Shoot, 14 Dec 2018 in Animation&Film&Food & Drink
- The Evolution of The Great Wave off Kanagawa: See Four Versions That Hokusai Painted Over Nearly 40 Years, 13 Dec 2018 in Art&History
- Watch Andy Warhol Eat an Entire Burger King Whopper–While Wishing the Burger Came from McDonald’s (1981), 12 Dec 2018 in Art&Film&Food & Drink
- Wes Anderson’s Breakthrough Film, Rushmore, Revisited in Five Video Essays: It Came Out 20 Years Ago Today, 11 Dec 2018 in Film
- Hear the Very First Sounds Ever Recorded on Mars, Courtesy of NASA, 10 Dec 2018 in Astronomy&Science
- In 1964, Isaac Asimov Predicts What the World Will Look Like Today: Self-Driving Cars, Video Calls, Fake Meats & More, 06 Dec 2018 in History&Sci Fi&Technology
- David Byrne Creates a Playlist of Eclectic Music for the Holidays: Stream It Free Online, 05 Dec 2018 in Music
- See the Complete Works of Vermeer in Augmented Reality: Google Makes Them Available on Your Smartphone, 04 Dec 2018 in Art&Technology
- Behold the Original Deck of Oblique Strategies Cards, Handwritten by Brian Eno Himself, 03 Dec 2018 in Art&Creativity&Music
- Blade Runner Getting Adapted into a New Anime Series, Produced by Cowboy Bebop Animator Shinichiro Watanabe, 30 Nov 2018 in Animation&Film&Sci Fi&Television
- How David Lynch Manipulates You: A Close Reading of Mulholland Drive, 29 Nov 2018 in Film
- Watch 99 Movies Free Online Courtesy of YouTube & MGM: Rocky, The Terminator, Four Weddings and a Funeral & More, 28 Nov 2018 in Film
- How Nicolas Roeg (RIP) Used David Bowie, Mick Jagger & Art Garfunkel in His Mind-Bending Films, 27 Nov 2018 in Film&Music
- In 17th-Century Japan, Creaking Floors Functioned as Security Systems That Warned Palaces & Temples of Approaching Intruders and Assassins, 26 Nov 2018 in Architecture&History
- Japanese Artist Creates Bookshelf Dioramas That Magically Transport You Into Tokyo’s Back Alleys, 23 Nov 2018 in Art&Books
- How to Write a Bestselling Page Turner: Learn from The Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown’s New Masterclass, 22 Nov 2018 in Online Courses&Writing
- The Psychedelic 1970s Animations of Keiichi Tanaami: A Music Video for John Lennon’s “Oh Yoko!,” Surreal Tributes to Elvis & Marilyn Monroe, and More, 21 Nov 2018 in Animation&Art
- Download 586 Free Art Books from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20 Nov 2018 in Art&Books
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