Critical collections: why museum collections matter

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

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Odontodactylus scyllarus - Mantis Shrimp

Alec Coles, Chief Executive Officer, WA Museum

In the digital age, it has been claimed, collections are no longer important: after all, surely we can find what we are looking for on the Web? Alec Coles could not disagree more! In a world where authenticity is at a premium, he believes that collections are a museum’s unique product and museums and their collections have never been more relevant.

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