Colour & Shape: Using Computer Vision to Explore the Science Museum Group Collection

<p>Online museum collections provide a treasure trove of objects to explore. They also allow visitors to view a much larger proportion of a museum&rsquo;s collection than they could see by visiting the museum in person; the majority of many museum collections are kept in storage.</p> <p>This article analyses a selection of the&nbsp;<a href="https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Science Museum Group Collection</strong></a>. We examined over 7,000 photographs of objects from 21 categories. The categories were selected on the basis that they contained large numbers of everyday or familiar objects. These categories range from photographic technology to time measurement, lighting to printing and writing, and domestic appliances to navigation.&sup1;</p> <p><a href="https://lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk/colour-shape-using-computer-vision-to-explore-the-science-museum-c4b4f1cbd72c"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>