Ms Lynn Scarff:

With digital, we will continue to be hybrid in the museum with regard to the availability of online and on-site material. I can give the committee an insight into one of the great advantages of digital. We had a broadcast from our natural history team on Earth Day that attracted 27,000 pupils from all over the country at primary school level. That is the kind of reach we would not ordinarily be able to have in the museum over an hour and 40 minutes. If we think about how to build a sensible programme that looks at a digital offering, and if we supplement it with on-site material, it would really allow us to be more national all the time with our programming. We are looking at building resources around the digitalisation of the collection, and, unfortunately, this is not just about capital but about having the people to do that work and getting the collection online so people can access it.