The Online Museum (OM) is a new kind of museum; entirely dedicated to art works created in, and for, a truly contemporary medium. The Online Museum is a not-for-profit, collaborative, initiative that aims to showcase a historically relevant body of work, in a bespoke-for-the-internet curatorial experience. There web is ephemeral, with bits and bytes living only for minutes of people’s screens, and
disappearing with no ceremony. The web is a powerful and contemporary medium for expression; being innately social and with global reach. It has changed society profoundly, even in its infancy, and offers great innovation in the world of art. The Online Museum is a not-for-profits organisation that aims to curate and preserve the best examples of internet art. Being the first of its kind, it serves both its curatorial goal of carefully selecting noteworthy works which were made for its online medium; and keeping a comprehensive interactive archive of works and artists bios.
