Joel Garreau explores the future of museums in the digital age in an incredibly thought-provoking, philosophical investigation of the role of museums in society...

If we can access a white-laser virtual model of the Mona Lisa at a resolution of 10 microns from our personal computer, why bother getting shoved around and consumed by the crush of tourists at the Louvre only to get no closer than 3 feet? Maxwell L. Anderson, CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, argued, art museums increasingly "are to their detriment places that privilege entertainment over learning." (Take that MoMA!) What's the point of going to a museum today?

Read the article in the Washington Post