AI for Cultural Heritage
AI for Cultural Heritage leverages the power of AI to empower people and organizations dedicated to the preservation and enrichment of cultural heritage.
About the program
We will support specific individuals and organizations through collaboration, partnership, and investment in AI technology and resources. Together we will seek ways in which we can help to serve as a catalyst for the preservation and enrichment of cultural heritage around the world.
Our commitment
Microsoft has committed $10 million over five years to expand access to Microsoft Azure and AI resources. We will focus these resources on projects across four core areas:
People
Celebrating the people who have made significant impact throughout history
Places
Using digital tools to preserve important monuments and sites for future generations to explore
Languages
Engaging with communities around the world for language preservation
Historical artifacts
Creating ways for collections and archives to be more easily accessed and enjoyed
Programs making an impact
Experience Ancient Olympia as it stood 2,000 years ago
Common Grounds is a new collaboration between the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and Microsoft that harnesses AI to digitally preserve the site of Ancient Olympia for future generations.
A digital renaissance in the world of art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses over 1.5 million works of art spanning 5,000 years. Now, The Met is exploring artificial intelligence to make its collection accessible to the 3.9 billion internet-connected people worldwide.
Between the lines with Sol LeWitt
Go beyond a museum visit or book with an app developed in collaboration with the Sol LeWitt Estate. Microsoft AI allows audiences to discover the process, life, and works of this legendary artist and pioneer of Minimalism and Conceptual art like never before.
How AI is helping revitalize languages in northern Canada
Working with the government of Nunavut, Microsoft is helping preserve Inuktitut, an Inuit language spoken by 40,000 in Nunavut, Canada, and Inuinnaqtun, an endangered dialect of Inuktut with fewer than 600 people who speak it as their mother tongue.
