What's the point in Museums?

A couple of weeks ago Auckland Museum proposed axing 30 jobs, with chief executive David Reeves calling it "regrettably a necessary step towards securing the financial recovery of the museum". It came after a 10 million dollar price tag was put on the cost of removing asbestos dust detected earlier this year. With this in mind Jesse asks a bigger question. What is the role and value of museums in modern society? QWB Lab measures the value of wellbeing that a museum, gallery, heritage site, or Library generates. Co-founder Sabine Doolin joins us.