This post originally appeared on the OSHWA blog.

This post originally appeared on the Create Refresh medium page.

This post originally appeared on the OSHWA blog.

What if the leading museums decided to make perfect reproductions of the great works in their collection and ship them all over the world? People in Berlin could stare up at Michelangelo’s Moses while Trajan’s Column towers over Vienna, Copenhagen, and Brussels simultaneously. A single room in London could contain the altarpiece of a medieval cathedral, a Roman tomb, and a Hindu goddess, while rooms in Frankfurt, Moscow, and Oslo display the exact same works.

Update 7/14/19: the chapter itself is now available here.