Explore the White House With a Click of Your Mouse

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As part of President and Mrs. Obama's commitment to opening the doors of the White House to all Americans, we invited a team of engineers from Google to bring their Street View equipment inside. They were here to "capture" a 360 degree picture of the public rooms of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the Art Project, an online program that offers virtual tours of some of the most acclaimed museums around the world.

In addition to the robot-like cameras that were deployed to photograph the rooms that are included on the public tour of the White House, the Art Project also features a "gigapixel" look at one of the most famous paintings in the White House, which enables you to view the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington in super closeup (and makes it easy to spot the spelling errors included in the masterpiece.)

Since President Obama's first day in office, when he and the First Lady surprised and welcomed visitors enjoying the public tour of the White House, the Obamas have been focused on truly opening the doors of the "People's House" and making 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue more accessible to all Americans. Today, we are excited to roll out a new phase in this ongoing effort, an online 360 degree tour of the public rooms of the White House.

“Thousands of people have walked these halls and gazed at the artwork. They’ve examined the portraits of Washington, Lincoln, and Kennedy. They’ve imagined the history that’s unfolded here. And now you can do all of that without leaving your home. So go ahead, look around, enjoy the history and the beauty of these rooms. Because after all, this is your house, too,” said the First Lady in a video announcing the White House's participation in the Art Project, which uses Google's Street View technology to enable visitors to navigate through the rooms on the ground and State floors, and view the art and furnishings in high resolution.

start exploring today: http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/the-white-house/museumview/

Google Art Project
http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/the-white-house/museumview/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/02/youre-invited-take-virtual-tour-white-house

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/03/go-behind-scenes-google-captures-white-house

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Beautiful, and interesting. Thank you. nt

[bigtree]

2. right on

so cool

[cbayer]

3. Very cool. Thanks, big tree.

[bigtree]

4. .

[trollin in the deep.]

5. No thanks...

My bellybutton has lint. I'd rather pick it out.

[mfcorey1]

6. Easy to understand why you are stuffed with something like crap. nt

[bigtree]

7. suit yourself

. . . how about some pizza?

[dionysus]

10. sleep well, sweet, sweet prince....

[bigtree]

8. .

[Cleita]

9. One of those rugs would look great in my living room.