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 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 the 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 to a single country 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 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.
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
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 the
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 to a single
country
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
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.