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.
The thefts weren’t recent, they started stealing that collection decades ago.
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.
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 :(
$12 million - a bargain for digitizing the collection for eternity.
Thieves all the way down.
Cost of securing your intangibly and financially valuable physical assets for all time and ease of “sharing” losslessly with other museums?
Priceless.
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.
What does it cost? How much of their collection?
I just read it 3 times in the feed, first post title, then preview of link, then op comment :D
