"The acquisition places YouTube alongside other born-digital artifacts in the V&A's collection, reflecting the museum's growing focus on preserving the design and infrastructure of the internet age. As institutions increasingly grapple with how to collect and display complex, obsolete software, the reconstructed "watch" page-produced in collaboration with YouTube's User Experience team-offers a rare attempt to conserve not just a file, but the interactive experience that helped define the Web 2.0 era and the rise of today's creator economy."
"After its launch in 2005, YouTube became an immediate global sensation and was snapped up by Google for $1.6 billion the following year, after which it fast became the second-most visited website in the world. The site's first video, Me at the zoo, a 19-second clip uploaded on April 24, 2005 by YouTube's co-founder Jawed Karim, set the tone for the style of casual "vlogging" that would eventually turn thousands of everyday internet users into beloved content creators."
""This snapshot of YouTube during the early days of Web 2.0 marks an important moment in the history of the internet and digital design," said V&A senior curator Corinna Gardner. She added that the acquisition would allow the museum to show how the internet has shaped "today's hyper visual world and the media and creator economy that go with it.""
The V&A Museum acquired a reconstruction of YouTube's 2006 interface, including the site's first upload and original video player. The exhibit was built using Internet Archive code and Adobe Flash to recreate the early Web 2.0 "watch" experience. The reconstruction was produced in collaboration with YouTube's User Experience team and aims to conserve the interactive experience behind the platform's rise. YouTube launched in 2005 and was acquired by Google for $1.6 billion in 2006, quickly becoming the world's second-most visited site. The first video, Me at the zoo, was uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim on April 24, 2005 and exemplified early casual vlogging.
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