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Automation and Museum Work, Part I: The Search

Automation in museum work is a search—but are we looking for efficiency or humanity?

Robert J Weisberg

• 10 min read
A robot hand balled into a fist
The not-so-invisible hand of automation (Photo by Possessed Photography / Unsplash)

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