V&A Launches New Collection Search Engine

February 10 2021

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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London have launched a beta version of their new digital collections search engine on their website. This replaces their rather out of date and clunky predecessor, which had been in place for well over ten years I believe. On first glances it seems very easy to use and supplies fairly good images.

The only drawback, it seems, are its out of date image use terms. These appear to be rather antiquated compared to the growing list of museums who are allowing open access use these days!

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