The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, helping to preserve and document the history and culture of the internet, has just acquired a reconstruction of an early YouTube watch page, featuring the first-ever upload, the 19-second-long "Me at the zoo."
The exhibit opened last week, and captures YouTube as it appeared on December 8, 2006 (top). Developed by the museum alongside YouTube's UX team and interaction design studio, the exhibit showcases the early designs of elements that continue to shape the internet today, like badges, rating buttons, and sharing and recommendation features.
The 19-second clip of YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim (below),
filmed on a low-res camera in 2005, is widely considered a foundational moment in the use of user-generated content.
The exhibit is in the Design 1900-Now Gallery at the V&A South Kensington.
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