A Whole New Digital World: Are Museums Dead?

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The very question that NFTs might someday replace museums seems like something nobody would ever utter out loud. Museums are the bedrock of some of the most famous cities in the world. There’s no way that something that boils down to a piece of code will ever replace the experience of walking down the long hallways of the Louvre or the Smithsonian – the feeling of your feet against the tile floors, mingling with the other tourists and staring in awe at the magnificent works of art. Or will it? But it wasn’t that long ago that museums were thought of as a complete waste of space. It was preposterous to think that artworks could be appreciated by the average person. Kings and queens thought art was not for commoners. To think otherwise was simply beyond belief! Beautiful art was created for the nobility, and as such, art was kept in private collections, away from anyone except the most discerning eye.