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.
Why is the cost a problem. 12 mill might be a lot of money for like, some guy, but the government is responsible for the artifacts and deal with national budgets in the trillions.
If they dont want to pay for security storage and backups, send the peices back to their countries of origin. Maybe they can find some way of protecting history, cause England sure doesn’t want the responsibility