This very interactive and visually stimulating exploration of Polish heritage was created through a unique partnership between The National Library of Poland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Cultural and National Heritage. Entering the site, visitors will hear a dramatic musical score and a series of sections that allow them to look through the French, Lithuanian, Italian, and...

In this phenomenal interactive from the British newspaper, the Guardian, ten historians from ten different countries offer a brief history of the First World War. Appropriately, the documentary may be viewed in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, or Hindi. To begin, readers may select Enter and Play. Seven video chapters are then available, each between three and six minutes in...

This online exhibition from the The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) is one of a series of digital archives of past exhibitions at TMORA, made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Originally on display March through December of 2010, all items in the show were loaned by a private collector, making the web exhibition the only way to see these artifacts together now....

This Australian War Memorial website looks at war from the unique perspective of the animals that were involved, whether by design or as an unfortunate (or fortunate) circumstance. Animals have had important missions during war, served as mascots or morale boosters, while some have caused immense problems for soldiers in the field. Simply clicking on the "Video" or "Audio" tabs, near the top of...

The Getty Research Library at the Getty Institute has over 600 digitized images of Mexico from its special collections by Mexican, American, and European photographers in a multitude of photographic formats. The earliest is from 1857, and these photographic images document the history of the nation from different perspectives. To get acquainted with a timeline of Mexico starting in 1810 and going...

Lost cities discovered after Gadhafi http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/07/libyas-lost-cities-discovered-after-gadhafi--researchers Lost castles of forgotten civilization found in Libyan desert http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/08/lost-castles-of-forgotten-civilisation-found-in-libyan-desert-115875-23545245/ Castles in the...

Savile Row Artisan http://thesavilerowartisan.com/ SavileRowBespoke http://www.savilerowbespoke.com/Home/index.php Tailor Made For History http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/autumn05/tailor.cfm The Tailor's Manual or Twenty Years A New England Tailor (By One Of The Craft) http://books.google.com/books?id=V63yrs3whqoC&dq=tailors&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=tailors&f=false Victorian...

First launched in 2017, A Street Near You provides a comprehensive database that "explore[s] the local legacy of the First World War." This resource contains "nearly 500,000 location records for 410,000 men and women who died whilst serving in the First World War," and displays them on an interactive map that allows users to see how the War affected countries and communities alike. The site allows...

From Brussels to New York, World's Fairs have provided inspiration and offered visions of the future to all those who visited. This particular World's Fair-themed digital collection draws on the World's Fair Collection at University of Maryland's Architecture Library. The collection features items from a number of the Fairs, including those held in Paris, Buffalo, Chicago, and San Francisco. After...

From the Virtual Museum of Canada comes this online exhibit dedicated to the 1912 tornado that wrecked havoc in Regina, Saskatchewan. As this website explains, the tornado, which is estimated to have been an F4 on the Fujita scale, was the worst in the history of Canada; tragically, 28 people lost their lives and an estimated 2,500 lost their homes in the storm. On this website, created by the...