The British Museum has unveiled its ambitious plan to digitize its entire collection after an incident involving the theft of hundreds of artifacts, which was reported in August.

Mark Jones, the interim director of the British Museum, affirmed, "We have implemented enhanced security measures and are now confident that a recurrence of such a theft is highly unlikely."

However, he emphasized that safeguarding the collection comprehensively requires more than just locking everything away. "In response to these thefts, I firmly believe that the most significant course of action is to expand access," he stated. Photo by Eric Pouhier, Wikimedia commons.