Digital Birdwatching in the Rijksmuseum

Sunday October 4th, World Animal Day, 40 ornithologists, bird watchers and bird enthusiasts assembled in the library of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for digital birdwatching. These bird experts were invited to use their knowledge ans skills to identify birds depicted on prints, paintings and other digital heritage objects. The event was an initiative of researchers from Delft University of Technology, VU University Amsterdam and the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), assembled in the COMMIT/ research project SEALINCMedia, together with the Rijksmuseum, Naturalis and Wikimedia.