Why record holograms of the objects, when the objects themselves already exist?
Museum objects are extremely valuable — and vulnerable. That is why so few ever leave any museum. If they do leave, there are very high insurance costs due to the ever-present danger of damage or breakage. Keep in mind that even air and light itself can damage some objects over time. Valuable historical items must be highly protected to insure their safe journey into the future for generations to come. Recording the objects as 3-dimensional holograms allow the holograms, rather than the objects themselves, to go on the road — increasing the number of people who can experience their history and their place within our culture. You can only have one “real” object — but you can have numerous holograms of that object being viewed in many different locations, by large numbers of people, all at the same time.
