Some people think that museums should be enjoyable places to entertain people, while others believe that the purpose of museums is to educate. Discuss both views, and give your own opinion.
People's views differ as museums should be concerned as places for citizens and tourists to have a blast or for individuals to discover more about the culture or history of localities. While educating the civilizations through museums is crucial, I stand by the idea that museums' should be a source of entertainment.
On the one hand, it can be argued that one of the reasons museums are needed for educational purposes is that they can work as live presentations. As various subjects at school related to History and Art have been read by many students but not every person is capable of remembering
such
long theoretical texts. By visiting such
practical places, students are able to acknowledge the aspect of that subject more explicitly. Besides
, not only museums support students' knowledge, but they also
teach visitors something that they did not previously know as they exhibit collections of interesting objects that hold significant cultural or historical values. It means that the history behind the museums'
exhibits needs to be explained by professional guides talking to their visitors or offering headsets to visitors so that they can listen to detailed commentary about the exhibition.
Suggestion
museum
museum's
On the other hand
, I would argue that museums should be entertaining and more attractive to the public. Museums are widely considered as important tourist attractions for any city or country. However
, there’s a common belief that they are too elitist, uninspiring and only encourage educated people to visit. By adding more entertainment values, museums can appeal to a broader audience. Nowadays there is also
a wide range of museums which do not have academic purpose; but more light-hearted and humorous theme; for example
; chocolate museum
in Belgium, kimchi
museum
in South Korea, museum
of Broken Relationships in Croatia or a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
Museum
cheese
Suggestion
the cheese museum
museum
in The Netherlands.
In conclusion, it is a matter of debate that what should be the purpose of museums. While museums can be used for providing knowledge, I believe that it' should be entertaining to increase the influence on the public.Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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