On representation of a highlight on the Web: the amber room as a cultural phenomenon in progress

"The Amber Room on the Web" project provides wide public access to information about the process of reconstruction of the Amber Room of the Catherine Palace outside of St. Petersburg, Russia. The project is an integral part of the museum's digital policy, allowing it to work towards fulfilling the demand for online access to its information resources from Russia and the worldwide audience. It serves as an information gateway to tell and illustrate the entire process of the reconstruction of the Amber Room from beginning to end. The web page reveals the specific goals of the projects, its history and conception, the planning and creation of the content, web development, technological applications, navigation, usability, design issues and basic evaluation parameters. Background It is possible to say without exaggeration that the secret of the Amber Room is one of the most stirring riddles of the twentieth century, not only in Russia, but all over the world. As with any pl...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Tatyana G. Bogomazova, Cyrill A. Malevanov
• Keywords: Amber Room, Inevitable Political Gamble, Internet Technology, Plot Having Epic, WWW 2001