A gathering of museum directors from around the world, Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable 2025, was held in San Francisco on the influence of artificial intelligence on museums; among other things, it discussed the problem of data: most museum…

AI is already used in museum practice: it helps with research, navigation through the galleries, cataloguing and the attribution of works. And the participants called for joint efforts and the creation of a "coordinated body of knowledge about art".

What remains the museum's own in the age of AI is human contact, the experience of presence, authentic objects and the architectural setting, which no technology can replace.

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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A gathering of museum directors from around the world, Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable 2025, was held in San Francisco on the influence of artificial intelligence on museums; among other things, it discussed the problem of data: most museum…

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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