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British Museum Will Digitize Entire Collection at a Cost of $12.1 M. in Response to Thefts (www.artnews.com)
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The British Museum will update or upgrade records of 2.4 million items to increase security and public access.

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[–] Zellith@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All historical items of significance should be 3D scanned into computers and made public. Everything is on borrowed time.