Museum digitises five millionth specimen to unlock secrets of collection | Natural History Museum

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Summary:

"A naturally bright green stonefly has signalled full speed ahead for the Museum's digitisation project, as it releases its five millionth specimen online.

As well as making the Museum's specimens available online for anyone to access, the digitisation of these collections could contribute billions of pounds to the global economy...."

Link:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/january/museum-digitises-five-millionth-specimen-unlock-secrets-collection.html

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oa.new oa.museums oa.digitization oa.3d oa.botany oa.biology oa.glam oa.uk oa.milestones oa.ch

Date tagged:

01/20/2022, 10:07

Date published:

01/20/2022, 05:07