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Motion

VR Plan to Celebrate 200th Anniversary of Lord Kelvin's Birth

S6M-15933 · Standard Motion · lodged by Wells, Annie

Lodged on
17 Dec 2024
Heard / answered on
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That the Parliament congratulates the University of Glasgow on unveiling a virtual reality exhibition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lord Kelvin's birth; notes that the exhibition by the university is part of the £5.6 million Museums in the Metaverse project, which aims to digitise assets from cultural collections worldwide for online virtual reality access; understands that the virtual exhibition, announced to coincide with the anniversary of Lord Kelvin's death on 17 December 1907, features items from The Hunterian's collection, which is Scotland's oldest public museum; acknowledges that these include scientific instruments and artefacts related to Lord Kelvin's work at the University of Glasgow, many of which are not usually on public display; understands that the digital exhibition is set in a recreation of a 19th century University of Glasgow laboratory, illuminated by early electric lighting; recognises that Lord Kelvin was a renowned 19th century scientist who made significant contributions to physics, engineering and mathematics, and understands that the exhibition will be available at the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre in the week commencing 16 December 2024, before becoming part of the full Museums in the Metaverse platform in 2025.
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Con 16 SNP 5 Lab 2 Ind 1
Lodged by Wells, Annie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party).
No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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    S6M-15933
    17 Dec 2024 · Standard Motion · Wells, Annie
    That the Parliament congratulates the University of Glasgow on unveiling a virtual reality exhibition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lord Kelvin's birth; notes that the exhibition by the university is part of the £5.6 million Museums in the Metaverse project, which aims to digitise assets from cultural collections worldwide for online virtual...