Some believe the primary purpose of museums is to entertain people, while others believe their purpose is to educate. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Most

museums

declare their position clearly as a public space that welcomes and serves the needs of every user. As

such

, their functions are not strictly fixed; today,

museums

include entertaining activities alongside educational content to reach out

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to as

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many segments of people as possible.

Thus

, the boundary between these functions becomes blurry, leaving the public to debate what should be the primary purpose of

museums

.

This

essay will outline the arguments from both sides. The original belief is that the gist of

museums

is educational. Many surveys indicate that the majority of

museums

have been established in order to preserve historical artefacts. For visitors to get a sense of what those displays are all about,

museums

have to provide facts, backgrounds and interpretations in their exhibitions. Due to

this

reason, they are regarded as educational institutions.

However

,

museums

now enmesh many entertaining activities as parts of exhibitions. One clear example can be seen in science

museums

, whose activities ranging from scientific-related magical shows to large-scale aquariums where couples can be dating there. Some argue that having

this

function will encourage visitors’ participation, which in turn amplifies their position as being a public space and increases the number of visitors.

This

function of

museums

has risen to prominence over time. Contemporary

museums

act as both educators and entertainers to public citizens.

Nevertheless

, I tend to believe that their prime purpose is still to educate people, whilst having an entertaining element as an appendage;

museums

would be nothing if we removed useful, educational information from them.