Museums of the Internet?

Web nostalgia! Are we really at this point already? Apparently. This article discusses attempts to recreate the web of yesteryear: something that is much more interesting conceptually than it seems at first. Functionally, the only differences between experiencing the web through these nostalgia-oriented programs and experiencing it in the late 1990s are 1) it can be left at any time for a return to the web of today, and 2) the user has historical perspective. Otherwise, through the lens of the program, the experience is the same. This has remarkable curatorial potential in terms of how future historians (or present ones!) can reproduce the past for the public.

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