Museums for many years have been the places of knowledge and cultural exchange. Nowadays there are more and more resources on the Internet and museums will not be needed in the future. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Both
the internet and museums have great resources for education, research and
cultural exchange. However, the information
on the internet has certain serious limitations and can never match or replace museums.
To start with,
the materials available on the internet are in digital form and cannot be
touched. Whereas, museums have real
objects, that are more useful for students and researchers for education and cultural
exchange. For example, in a historical museum
a visitor is able to see the real pieces of ancient materials like coins,
artefacts and manuscripts, which are much more useful and interesting than mere
digital images. Similarly, visitors can
have a direct experience of real objects of culture, whereas digitally available images
are not reliable or tangible.
Furthermore,
it is difficult to find out where information is available on the internet
because it is poorly organised.
Moreover, it is extremely difficult to choose the right information from
the vast ocean of resources. In
contrast, a museum is systematically arranged and reliable. For instance, in a science museum inventions
are chronologically arranged, therefore, visitors can have a clear idea
about them.
On
the other hand, resources available on the internet are also very useful, in terms
of their availability from different parts of the world. However, it can only act as an addition to
museums and can never match them.
In
conclusion, museums will definitely continue to have a unique role in
preserving information for future generations.
They cannot be replaced by the information available on the internet.
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