sandboxthe leading metaverse development platform, announced Groundbreaking partnership between the prestigious British Museum and the Web3 platform la collection.
The collaboration aims to make the British Museum’s historic artifacts and collections more accessible and engaging to users around the world through immersive experiences and digital collectibles.
The announcement, made on 27 July, marks the British Museum’s first-ever commitment to the Metaverse, with major museums adopting blockchain and NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) technology to expand reach and visit It was shown that there is a growing tendency to enrich the experience of people.
Through this partnership, The Sandbox and LA Collection will develop a wide-ranging digital collection that reflects some of the most valuable artifacts and historical pieces that have been in the British Museum’s holdings since its founding in 1753.
The British Museum’s vision of being a ‘museum of the world, for the world’ is perfectly aligned with Sandbox’s mission to provide an immersive experience that bridges the gap between its patrons and its rich cultural heritage. .
Known for working with the world’s leading museums, LaCollection will play a key role in licensing and bringing the British Museum’s art and history into the digital space. Together, the three entities aim to create innovative experiences that engage users in unprecedented ways and educate them about the history of the world.
This will be the British Museum’s first official foray into the Web3 space, but it follows the growing trend for museums to adopt blockchain technology to engage their audiences in novel ways.
Sebastien Borget, COO and co-founder of The Sandbox, expressed his excitement about the opportunity to share the British Museum’s incredible collection with a new and diverse audience.
He stressed that sandbox players will have a great opportunity to explore and appreciate the amazing collection of human history, art and culture housed in the British Museum, regardless of geographic location. .
Earlier this year, France’s Center Pompidou introduced a permanent exhibition featuring famous collectibles such as cryptopunks and autoglyphs.
Other museums around the world, such as the Kharkiv Museum of Fine Arts in Ukraine and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Antwerp in Belgium, are also considering tokenizing classical works of art and launching NFT collections.
