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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.

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People
 tend to have different views about the function of
museums
. Some think that they should be a place for enjoyment, while
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others are certain, that it is important for them to be
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 I will discuss both views and state my opinion. On one hand, it can be said that the main role of
museums
 is to be a place of entertainment. If there is going to be too much educational content, some visitors might become bored and that way
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people
 will be interested in visiting places like that.
Nevertheless
,
museums
 are tourist attractions and attract many visitors in general, so
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 part of society thinks, that they should emphasize
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enjoyment, create more interactive activities or some sort of games
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 so that the exhibitions could be more entertaining for
people
 of all ages and that way more
people
 would take interest in visiting places like that.
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society believes that not everything in
this
 world should be all about fun and games. They are sure that the main point of any exhibition is to help
people
 learn about something they did not know previously.
This
 means that the story behind every exhibit should be explained, and
this
 can be done in various ways. Some
museums
 have professional guides, and
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others offer audio guides
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 so that the visitors can listen to a commentary about every single object and explore them by themselves. That way
people
 do not have to read long and boring descriptions and
then
museums
 can play a big part in helping
people
 broaden their knowledge
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 many different aspects of life. To conclude, I believe that
museums
 should be a place, where you can do both – broaden your knowledge and have some fun at the same time. Especially when there are various ways to include interactive learning or even fun tours with professional guides.
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