Museums in the digital age

London's Natural History Museum has five million visitors through the door each year but twice that through smart social media.
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Photo: Natural History Museum

Museums exist to change the way people think about the natural world and our place in it, says Professor Ian Owens of the Natural History Museum, London and Imperial College London.

But does that purpose still exist when the information once held by museums can can now be accessed globally with the click of a mouse?

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Paige Mulholland
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Paige Mulholland is an arts administrator who is based in Adelaide and has a background in musical theatre, music and dance.