The British Museum is digitizing its entire collection of more than eight million pieces, at a total cost of over $12 million. This move was announced after the museum experienced a theft back in August.
British Museum is digitizing its entire collection in response to recent thefts | All of that scanning will cost over $12 million.::The British Museum is digitizing its entire collection of more than eight million pieces, at a total cost of over $12 million. This move was announced after the museum experienced a theft back in August.
Of course not. People can’t be trusted to take care of their own historical artifacts. Britain will take better care of them. If they want to see it, they can just pay to fly across the world to see them. It’s surely better this way.
Higgs is suspected to have taken uncategorized items and selling them on the e-commerce website eBay. One item worth $64,000 was offered for online auction for as little as $51 and listings for artifacts from the museum’s collection appeared online as early as 2016, according to a report in the Telegraph.
With all my respects if you repatriate them here in Mexico they will end up in some gangsters villa. The ministry of culture is weaker than their coked up limp dicks.
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$12 million - a bargain for digitizing the collection for eternity.
After they’ve scanned it all will they be returning it to the countries they stole them from?
Of course not. People can’t be trusted to take care of their own historical artifacts. Britain will take better care of them. If they want to see it, they can just pay to fly across the world to see them. It’s surely better this way.
It’s not currently up to the British Museum; it’s up to Parliament. Repatriating artifacts is currently illegal under UK law.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum_Act_1963
We can’t do it because it’s against the law that we made that says it’s illegal.
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Sure, but I don’t see any of the leadership at the museum advocating against that law.
Where have you checked?
Where should I check?
You could write them a letter and ask, I suppose?
It’s dishonest to say “I don’t see X” when you haven’t made any effort to look for X.
The thefts weren’t recent, they started stealing that collection decades ago.
The stealing I meant was the British Museum’s acquisition of the collection, but this too.
With all my respects if you repatriate them here in Mexico they will end up in some gangsters villa. The ministry of culture is weaker than their coked up limp dicks.
Oh well that’s a drag :(
A virtual version of the museum in 2029? What would be the point in going? I can look at a picture of a picture on the internet for free.
Cost of securing your intangibly and financially valuable physical assets for all time and ease of “sharing” losslessly with other museums?
Priceless.