Reboot: A Future Museum

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Reboot: A Future Museum follows the transformation of the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa into a fully digital and interactive "museum without walls" that's part of Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation. Leading the charge is the young CEO, Alex Benay, whose ideas challenge convention and ignite controversy. Coarse Language.

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Mar 17, 2019

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