Fewer people today visit museums than in the past. Why is this? What can be done to encourage more people to visit museums in the future?

There are fewer visitors to

museums

than there were in the past. I believe the endless stream of

entertainment

on the

Internet

is the principal cause of

this

phenomenon. To increase visitor numbers,

museums

should promote their collections online. There is a wide choice of

entertainment

on the

Internet

. In the pre-

Internet

era, there

was

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not

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people

could do at home in their free time, so visiting

museums

became one of their major leisure activities.

However

, now with the

Internet

,

people

are able to have

entertainment

at their fingertips.

For example

, they can just sit at home watching Game of Thrones on Netflix.

This

is much easier than going to visit

museums

, which leads to a decline in their popularity. To increase attendance,

museums

should promote their collections on the

Internet

.

People

today tend to spend a large amount of time online, and

thus

museums

should produce content that tells the stories behind their exhibits and publish it on the

Internet

.

For instance

, the National Gallery can make some Youtube videos about how and why Vincent van Gogh created his famous paintings of sunflowers. Since stories easily resonate with

people

, telling them a work of art’s story could inspire them to visit a gallery to see it firsthand. In conclusion, the main reason for the decline in the number of visitors to

museums

is the endless

entertainment

on the

Internet

. To solve

this

problem,

museums

should take advantage of the

Internet

and create online content to publicize their works.