Google is well-known for the opportunity of its workers to work over 20% of their own projects and the rest of time must be spent on work and obligations in the Google Company.

The projects that are so famous, such as Google talk, Google News and Gmail, for instance, are results of this permission as they have came from the initiative of its workers. This day one more project developed in the same way appeared in the list of similar projects. This is Google Art Project, which employs the technology of Street View and is used in a cultural project. It is possible to enjoy the exhibition in the museums and art galleries thanks to it. Who doesn’t dream about virtual walk in the museums of Europe? The excursions in the seventeen museums all over the world are available at present. You can even enjoy the close-up views.

The project was realized by the passionate lovers of art, who wanted to assist museums to make the art and exhibits more accessible to the public so that online users can enjoy them too without leaving the house. The Hermitage, MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum (New York), the National Gallery (London), Museo Reina Sofia (Madrid) and etc. have entered the list by now.

As Google says, the image of every art piece is 7 billion pixels and this lets to get a more detailed picture than you can obtain with the help of digital camera.