Historypin: A Global Community Collaborating Around History

“In union there is strength” (Aesop). Historypin builds on the principle that alone an individual cannot know everything. However, a group of people together are stronger than one individual. As such, Historypin permits and encourages all people to contribute and build a database of resources to support historical knowledge and exploration.

Historypin was created in partnership with Google in 2011. It consists of a web platform with additional apps that can be downloaded. The goal is to pull upon the efforts of local volunteers – individuals as well as organizations – to collect photographs, oral histories, maps or any type...