In recent years, the vast majority of museums have deemed public education an imperative. The Education portion of the National Galleries of Scotland's web site provides a nice mix of activities for web site visitors, as well as for those fortunate enough to be able to get to the museum itself, in Edinburgh. Among the interactive web site features, in the "Activities" section on the left, is "Decoding Boticelli". This feature offers a chance for visitors to interpret the symbolism in Boticellis's Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, recently restored by the National Galleries of Scotland. Next, visitors can compare the symbolism with two other Boticellis, located in other museums: Primavera, at the Uffizi in Florence, and Mystic Nativity at the National Gallery in London. Web site visitors can also listen to lectures using PodCurator, and download QuickTime versions of museum events from the downloads section. These events include Tom Sokolowski, Director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, delivering an illustrated talk to open the exhibition "Andy Warhol: The Art of Camouflage". Sokolowski begins his speech comparing Pittsburgh to Edinburgh; pointing out that Pittsburgh can be regarded as a little Edinburgh due to influence of Andrew Carnegie, and both are sooty cities.
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