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10 January 2006

Flickr: Museum of the future?

PopscienceAlthough photo-sharing sites like Flickr are best known for, well, photo sharing, media mavens are increasingly using them to archive all manners of print media, from book and album covers to oil paintings and collage. Today's find (via BoingBoing): This delightful collection of mid-century science magazines, found at a flea market and shared on Flickr.

This unassuming little exhibit is a good reference point for the larger trend: With its simple interface and effective archiving tools (in the form of tags and clusters, albums and slideshows), Flickr is well on its way to being a -- if not the -- museum of the future.

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