History is there for the taking in Utrecht. Utrecht Time Machine brings old times to life with innovative techniques and places them in the middle of our world.

Utrecht Time Machine (UTM) aims to make the rich Utrecht history visible and experienceable through a combination of linked data and visualization technology. This results in innovative interactive presentation formats for a wide audience. Participants in UTM make sources and resources available. They also encourage other interested designers and developers to get started with the combined data from various heritage partners.

Utrecht Time Machine (UTM) takes countless historical artifacts and data and makes them accessible to everyone, intuitively connecting them to their location and making them accessible with innovative technology. In this way, UTM contributes to digital and cultural literacy in Utrecht. With any smartphone and a special app, interested parties can look at who lived, worked, traded and consumed where, up to two thousand years ago.

Consortium

Utrecht Time Machine is a consortium in which various Utrecht heritage institutions participate: The Utrecht Archives, Historical Association Oud-Utrecht, the Municipality of Utrecht and Utrecht University. Together we want to connect and present open data about Utrecht history in a form accessible to everyone; a kind of time machine. The products and pilots for Utrecht Time Machine are developed in the ‘ Living Pasts ‘ course at Utrecht University.

Utrecht Time Machine is part of the European Time Machine FET Flagship initiative. The project aims to map 2,000 years of European history.