DIGITAL STORIES from the Wellcome Collection weaves digitized primary sources into fascinating historical stories.
This London library website currently contains two digital stories: Minecraft and The Collectors.
Using an intriguing web-based format, Minecraft explores a century of madness, murder and mental healing through historical photographs, drawings, paintings, and other primary source documents. In many cases, interactive features are available such as zooming into documents, extended galleries, and informational sidebars. Multimedia elements are also available.
The Collectors is a digital story focusing on the power of curiosity and the naturalists, explorers, scientists, and others who have been involved with collecting in centuries past. This interactive web-based project also features primary source materials and multimedia elements.
Librarians will find this website to be a fascinating way to present archival materials. Use the website when exploring primary sources and design an activity the involves students in writing their own digital stories based on a collection.
To visit the collection, go to http://digitalstories.wellcomecollection.org/.
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