An online archive of Prince‘s official websites spanning two decades launched on Monday. The Prince Online Museum brings back twelve of his websites taking you as far back as 1994 with Prince Interactive. Though it’s not a website, it will transport you back in time to when dial-up was the only way to surf to world wide web and CD-Rom’s were all the rage.
“We launch with 12 of Prince’s most popular sites, but over 20 years online, Prince launched nearly 20 different websites, maintained a dozen different social media presences, participated in countless online chats and directly connected with fans around the world,” Sam Jennings, director of the Prince Online Museum, told Billboard.
He added, “The Museum was built by the people who worked directly with Prince on these projects. We are the originators, we are the experts. It is a labor of love, no money has been exchanged. There will be no downloads sold and no membership fees required. But we do have working versions of almost all of Prince’s official websites.”
The website honors his 20 years of ground-breaking, provocative, and fiercely independent use of the internet to establish a direct connection between an artist and his audience. The museum encourages the study of the arts online in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
