Our History
Virtual Culture emerged from long-standing, service-oriented collaborations within the former Imaging and Media Lab at the University of Basel. With the transformation of this environment into the Digital Humanities Lab and the National Data and Service Center for the Humanities (DaSCH), these collaborations expanded beyond institutional boundaries and evolved into sustainable research and infrastructure partnerships.
Since 2021, Virtual Culture has been working with graduates, researchers, and digital heritage specialists from this academic context on applied, practice-oriented projects in digitization, digital preservation, and cultural data management. This background in Digital Humanities, research data infrastructure, and long-term archiving is reflected in the projects we have developed and supported.
- Ahrenberg Foundation, Vevey
- Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Fribourg
- Dokumentationsbibliothek, St. Moritz
- Eidgenössisches Archiv für Denkmalpflege, St. Moritz
- Empirische Kulturwissenschaft Schweiz, Basel
- Gemeindearchiv Riehen, Riehen
- Historisches Museum, Basel
- Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung, Graphic Collection, Zürich
- Johann Jacobs Museum, Zürich
- Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
- Museum der Kulturen, Basel
- Museum für Glasmalerei, Romont
- Museum für Kommunikation, Bern
- Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel
- Pestalozzi-Gesellschaft, Oberwil
- Rechtshistorische Bildstelle, Universität Zürich
- Schweizer Radio SRF, Basel
- Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz, Regensdorf
- Swiss National Library, Bern
- Universitätsbibliothek, Basel
- Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
- Anthrazith Design, Basel
- Basler Afrika Bibliographien – Namibia Resource Centre & Southern Africa Library, Basel
- Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz, Abteilung Kulturgutschutz, Bern
- CAS Kulturmanagement, Universität Basel, Basel
- DHch Digital Humanities Network, Bern
- Digitales Schaudepot, Basel
- Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Herisau
- Kantonsspital Basel, Department of Radiology, Basel
- Kunsthistorisches Institut, Max Planck Institute, Florenz
- Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
- Empirische Kulturwissenschaft Schweiz, Basel
- Freilichtmuseum Ballenberg, Brienz
- Schnitzelbank-Comité, Basel
- Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, St. Gallen
- Swiss Federal Archives, Bern
- Swiss National Museum, Zürich
- Truvis, Basel
- Antikenmuseum Basel, Basel
- Flora Helvetica Paul Haupt Verlag, Bern
- Indiana University, Digital Library, Bloomington
- Kantonsmuseum Baselland, Liestal
- Tate Gallery, London
- Yale University Press, London