" " — Click on this photograph to access Glencairn’s objects on Google Arts & Culture.

Google Arts & Culture is an immersive way to experience art, history, and culture from more than two thousand organizations worldwide. Glencairn Museum launched its official partnership with this innovative Google platform in 2020, and since then over 200 works of art from the Museum’s permanent collection have been published online. The Museum’s virtual collection may be viewed here, with more objects are being added regularly.

The mission of Google Arts & Culture is “to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.” High-resolution, “zoomable” photos of objects in the Glencairn Museum collection, accompanied by descriptions, bibliographic citations, and links to more information, will be added regularly. New photography with state-of-the-art equipment is being created in-house at Glencairn in order to meet Google’s specifications.

Click on the objects below to view just a few of the hundreds of objects in the Glencairn Museum collection on Google Arts & Culture:

A colorful stained-glass medallion depicts the Holy Family. — The Flight into Egypt

Stone carving of a winged genie from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud, Iraq. — Head of standing winged genie (apkallu)

A headless, armless, and footless marble statue depicting the goddess Minerva-Victoria. — Minerva-Victoria (Minerva in the guise of Victory)

The ceiling of Glencairn’s chapel decorated with colorful mosaics, depicting the four beasts from the biblical Book of Revelation. — Mosaic Ceiling in Glencairn’s fifth-floor chapel

Tempura painting of the Pieta, the scene of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding Jesus’ body after the crucifixion. — Pietà from Valencia Spain

Carved limestone stele with hieroglyphic inscriptions — Stela of King Psammetichos II