Offline gallery explores history of web

A new gallery exploring the history of the internet is to open at the National Media Museum in Bradford.

Life Online - or LOL for short - will aim to charter the social, technological and cultural impact of the web, according to BBC News.

It reportedly features contributions from some of the web's pioneers such as Tim Berners Lee and Vint Cerf.

The gallery's curator was quoted as saying that it was important for people to explore the "genesis" of the internet.

"It's a massive part of our lives," said Tom Woolley, the museum's curator of new media.

"It's important to know where that story has come from. The rise of the internet has just been momentous. The way we watch film, TV, listen to music is all wrapped up in the web."

The project, which cost £2 million raised from commercial sponsors, will look at the origins of the internet, global communications, issues of online identity and the nature of digital communities and businesses.