Digitising the entire Natural History Museum collection could contribute over £2 billion to the UK

 

Natural History Museum, London 

The economic benefit of digitising an entire museum collection has been quantified for the first time.

A new report has found that digitising the 80 million objects in the Museum's collection would provide a tenfold return on investment.

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Digitising the entire Museum collection could contribute over £2 billion to the UK economy