.museum

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.museum is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) that was introduced on October 20, 2001 . It goes back to a resolution of ICANN in 2000 and is primarily aimed at museums . It is organizationally and technically managed by the non-profit association Museum Domain Management , based in Stockholm, Sweden .

In comparison to other top-level domains .museum is insignificant. Experts assume that in November 2003 an estimated only 3,000 addresses were registered under the top-level domain. The award criteria for .museum were last relaxed in 2005: Since then, domains on the second level ( example.museum ) have been possible, and internationalized domain names are also supported.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monika Ermert: Seven new top level domains decided. In: Heise Online . November 17, 2000, accessed January 10, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Delegation Record for .MUSEUM. IANA , accessed January 10, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Daniel Dingeldey: But please for the users! In: domain-right. November 6, 2003, accessed January 10, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: News from .se, .in and .aero. In: domain-right. September 12, 2005, accessed January 10, 2013 .