Digitally Archiving Historical Sites?

Black_Macrame asks: "I have recently moved from 10 years of working with the net in various capacities (read all) to a slightly more analog field. I am now the curator of a Historical Site in Texas which is essentially, a relatively isolated, old (1875) family home. It once was a school, and is now currently a tax shelter for the family, and a fertile wildlife sanctuary. No-one has opened many of the drawers of the furniture here since they were last shut. There are letters of love, war, death, and all the usual human experiences, plus alot of antiques and many old books. It's a big historical database and I want to archive -everything- digitally: letters, furniture, books, 360 VRML of the rooms and even old 78 rpm records. Does anyone out there have any experience with similar projects? Any suggestions for tracking the antiques (books, furniture, knick-knacks) online? Suggestions for archiving the 78's? Anything in general?"

Comments

heh

[anthony_dipierro]

No-one has opened many of the drawers of the furniture here since they were last shut.

I haven't read such a funny line since the last time I read a law as funny!

caught with your drawers down?

[StuffYourReligion]

No-one has opened many of the drawers of the furniture here since they were last shut

Fascinating! Except for the ones I left open, no one has opened the drawers of my furniture since they were last shut, either. Does that make my home a historical site?

No-one's opened my drawers, either...

[MightyTribble]

...since they were last shut.
Wanna come around and do a VRML and archive of my bedroom? ;-)