Museums in transition: analogue history in a digital future
An interview with Dr. Andreas Spillmann, Director of the Swiss National Museum
The digital society has developed an ambiguous relationship to its history: On the one hand, historical facts are available everywhere and at any time. On the other hand, everything and nothing can become fact – provided that it can be "Googled". In this never-ending balancing act between offline and online, between real and fake, the concept of a museum takes on a new meaning.