Open Culture (Official)

Enchanting Video Shows How Globes Were Made by Hand in 1955: The End of a 500-Year Tradition https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/how-globes-were-made-…

A 30-Minute Introduction to Japanese Jazz from the 1970s: Like Japanese Whisky, It’s Underrated, But Very High Quality https://www.openculture.com/2020/04/a-30-minute-introduct…

The World’s Oldest Multicolor Book, a 1633 Chinese Calligraphy & Painting Manual, Now Digitized and Put Online https://www.openculture.com/2017/07/the-worlds-oldest-mul…

An Introduction to The Garden of Earthly Delights & Hieronymus Bosch’s Wildly Creative Vision https://www.openculture.com/2025/03/an-introduction-to-th…

The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/the-fascinating-engin…

Aldous Huxley, Dying of Cancer, Left This World Tripping on LSD (1963) https://www.openculture.com/2024/04/aldous-huxley-dying-o…

NASA Puts 400+ Historic Experimental Flight Videos on YouTube https://www.openculture.com/2018/02/nasa-puts-400-histori…

An Animated Introduction to Albert Camus’ Existentialism, a Philosophy Making a Comeback in Our Dysfunctional Times https://www.openculture.com/2020/09/an-animated-introduct…

The Monty Python Philosophy Soccer Match: The Ancient Greeks Versus the Germans https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/monty-python-philosop…

An Animated Introduction to Anna Freud: The Psychoanalyst (and Daughter of Sigmund) Who Theorized Denial, Projection & Other Defense Mechanisms for Our Egos https://www.openculture.com/2018/07/an-animated-intro-to-…

How to Rescue a Wet, Damaged Book: A Handy Visual Primer https://www.openculture.com/2019/06/how-to-rescue-a-wet-d…

An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/an-introduction-to-th…