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.
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.