In the many ways the world has shrunk in the last two decades, one of the best things to have happened is that the gargantuan collections of museums across the globe are no longer accessible to only those who visit the brick-and-mortar structure they are housed in. A virtual tour now lets you click on and zoom into a da Vinci masterpiece, which is as close to viewing it at the Louvre as it can get. And as the digital experience evolves, these repositories of history, art and culture are not just offering interactive avenues to their visitors, but museums and archives are now finding ways to interact among themselves, too.

#Archive30 is one such initiative by ARA Scotland, the Scottish arm of The Archives and Records Association, a professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The annual online campaign lists 30 topics for each day of the month of April, and participating institutions from across the world then post relevant information and photographs from their collections on the daily themes. In its second year of participation, the Godrej Archives (GA) from Mumbai has been sharing interesting nuggets, which also present a slice of India's modern history.