>virtual museum > > In fact the more you could see the reproduction, the more you wanted to see > the original. > > With the best will in the world, computerised reproduction is rarely > of as high quality as a good quality book. Though it does have > additional advantages - close-ups, moving the object spatially, > cross-referencing - and it's fun to use, but, unlike books you can't > take your computer to bed (yet). why do you think virtual museum have to display reproductions of artifacts that are available in 'real world'? couldn't a virtual museum exhibit artifacts created in virtual world (virtual works of art etc.)? Dirk