Athens’ Plato Academy Museum goes digital

The Plato Academy Museum in Athens has inaugurated a digital museum.

The Academy of Athens with Plato and Socrates standing guard. Image by Sébastien Bertrand / CC BY 2.0

Visitors can take a virtual tour of the site where the ancient philosopher taught and get a better idea of what learning at the western world’s first academy was like. There are video projections, maps, digital applications and interactive games as part of the exhibition about Plato’s life, the influence of his philosophy and the role of the academy.

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