Museums and art galleries should concentrate on local works rather than showing the cultures or artworks from other countries.

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 the

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

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 was an Italian artist in the 15th century. Despite being an Italian, Da Vinci is an iconic genius for 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 within boundaries 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

only 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.