Museums and art galleries should concentrate on local works rather than showing the cultures or artworks from other countries. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Museums and

art

galleries help visitors better understand the role of

history

and important artworks, and preserve important collections at the same time. But many people opine that the collection should showcase only the artefacts and artworks of the host country. I disagree with

this

opinion since

art

is a medium to express thoughts and ideas beyond boundaries and

history

of nations are interconnected. Admittedly, museums and

art

exhibits exist to foster a better understanding of the importance of historical artefacts and arts in our lives and

that is

why national pride and archives should be emphasised to teach people their national

history

. But

art

is an important medium of free expression and the

history

extends beyond the border. So the collection of a museum should not be confined to geographical boundaries.

For example

, "Mona Lisa" is a legendary artwork of Leonardo Da

Vinci who

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Vinci, who

was an Italian artist

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of

the 15th century. Despite being an Italian, Da Vinci is an iconic genius

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to

the whole world. Mona Lisa is now preserved at the Louvre Museum in France, and having

this

artwork and many other famous international paintings and sculptures, France can only boast of its fine collection that showcases masterpieces, great artworks and world

history

to the global audience.

Moreover

,

history

is not confined to a single country and if

this

was the case, we would have taught our students only our national

history

. The fate of nations was interconnected throughout

history

and it still is. So when we want to teach our children about our

history

, we must teach them about international events. Since one of the primary objectives of museums is to teach people about

history

, they must have artworks and collections from the international arena.

Finally

, when we display artefacts and works from foreign countries, we are connecting nations all over the world. Each culture has something new to teach and the cultural richness of a nation depends on how they accept a new culture. From

this

perspective, having museums that comprise collections from the host country is a bad idea. To conclude, museums and

art

galleries that have national artefacts and artworks

besides

having international collections are far rich and practical in exchanging cultural aspects.