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Correction: The original version of this caption misstated the date of a Prince concert. It was Nov. 8, 2010. Dirk Waem—EPA by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 6, 2016 6:12 PM UTC Prince had a strange relationship with the internet. He had his lawyers doggedly pursue anyone who posted [his music ](http://time.com/4303780/prince-best-songs/?iid=sr-link1)on YouTube (making it extremely difficult to prove the awesomeness of “BatDance”), wrote [a song ](http://time.com/2914304/prince-this-could-be-us/?iid=sr-link3)about an internet meme, [pioneered the future of music](http://time.com/4303977/prince-dead-music-business-pioneer/?iid=sr-link2) by launching a string of websites and fan sites of his own, most of which he eventually shut down. He even [declared the internet dead](http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/07/06/quotes-prince-on-the-internet-being-completely-over/?iid=sr-link1) at one point, before launching a [Twitter account.](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/14/prince-joins-twitter-and-releases-preview-of-new-song/?iid=sr-link3) Now, Prince’s relationship with the internet is collected under one digital roof as the [Prince Online Museum,](http://princeonlinemuseum.com/) created by Sam Jennings, who was the webmaster of Prince’s NPG Music Club. (It was an online community for Prince fans that garnered a Webby Award before shutting down in 2006.) The museum serves as a collection of Prince’s online presence, beginning with the CD-ROM the Purple One released way back in 1994, _Prince Interactive._ The website launched with digital memories of 12 of [Prince](http://time.com/4303548/prince-dead-time-interview/?iid=sr-link1)‘s most popular sites, including his first official website, the sadly defunct, TheDawn.com, to his most recent one, 3rdEyeGirl.com. The museum has a lot more material to add, though, because the late singer spent more than twenty years online, launching websites and a variety of social media profiles. “This Museum is an archive of that work and a reminder of everything he accomplished as an independent artist with the support of his vibrant and dedicated online community,” Jennings told [Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7424040/prince-online-museum-website?utm%5Fsource=twitter) about the online museum, which he views as a labor of love with its digital doors open to all. \[H/T [Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7424040/prince-online-museum-website?utm%5Fsource=twitter)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4394915/theres-an-online-museum-dedicated-to-princes-online-presence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4394915/theres-an-online-museum-dedicated-to-princes-online-presence/"},"headline":"There's An Online Museum Dedicated to Prince's Online Presence","datePublished":"2016-07-06T18:12:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:06.853Z","description":"Prince can live forever online","url":"https://time.com/4394915/theres-an-online-museum-dedicated-to-princes-online-presence/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Music","Prince"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt582d8f50b63f62fd/69889638a988ca528c6b8193/prince-death-opioids-od.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt582d8f50b63f62fd/69889638a988ca528c6b8193/prince-death-opioids-od.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US musician Prince died from accidental overdose","caption":"Prince, during his concert at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, Nov. 8, 2010.","creditText":"Dirk Waem—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4394915/theres-an-online-museum-dedicated-to-princes-online-presence/","name":"There's An Online Museum Dedicated to Prince's Online Presence"}}]}] ```