People usually travel to explore a new place, and the best way to know more about a new place is to visit a museum dedicated to that locality. Museums have a collection of multiple artefacts, hence become a consolidated place to view many artefacts of local and historical significance of a particular area. If there wasn’t a meuseum the traveller might have to spend days exploring the country side and talking to local populace to gain the same knowledge. Hence, I believe travellers visit museums when they travel to a new place to understand the historical and cultural significance of an area. In my opinion travellers do this in two ways, first there are museums dedicated to a personality, family or an institution and then there are museums dedicated to society.
Museums dedicated to popular institutions, like a royal family or a great personality like Mahatma Gandhi provide an in-depth knowledge of a specific subject. Often such museums are itself built at a place significant to the subject, which further adds to its values. For example, when I was young I visited Sabarmati Museum. The Museum is located at Sabarmati Ashram, this is the place where Mahatma Gandhi himself used to live. The museum was really good in taking its visitors through the journey of Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle for India’s Independence.
The other kind of museums are ones dedicated to a society, showcasing the traditional culture and values. Once I had travelled to Kerala (A southern state in India), we visited a popular museum there, which showcased the local culture, festivals, tools, way of life etc. This provided a great opportunity to quickly learn about the place I had travelled to.
Just like a library keeps all the books safe for everyone to step in and read. A museum keeps the history secure in its walls for people to explore. In today’s day and age of rapid globalisation, the way of life is becoming more and more similar among different communities. Hence, Museums play a very crucial role for someone travelling to a new place to know more about the local society.
People
usually
travel to explore a
new
place
, and the best way to know more about a
new
place
is to visit a
museum
dedicated
to that locality.
Museums
have a collection of multiple
artefacts
,
hence
become a consolidated
place
to view
many
artefacts
of
local
and historical significance of a particular area. If there wasn’t a
meuseum
the
traveller
might
have to
spend days exploring the country side and talking to
local
populace to gain the same knowledge.
Hence
, I believe
travellers
visit
museums
when they travel to a
new
place
to understand the historical and cultural significance of an area. In my opinion
travellers
do this in two ways,
first
there are
museums
dedicated
to a personality, family or an institution and then there are
museums
dedicated
to society.
Museums
dedicated
to popular institutions, like a royal family or a great personality like Mahatma Gandhi provide an in-depth knowledge of a specific subject.
Often
such
museums
are itself built at a
place
significant to the subject, which
further
adds
to its values.
For example
, when I was young I visited
Sabarmati
Museum
. The
Museum
is located
at
Sabarmati
Ashram, this is the
place
where Mahatma Gandhi himself
used
to
live
. The
museum
was
really
good in taking
its visitors through the journey of Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle for India’s Independence.
The
other kind of
museums
are ones
dedicated
to a society, showcasing the traditional culture and values. Once I had travelled to Kerala (A southern state in India), we visited a popular
museum
there, which showcased the
local
culture, festivals, tools, way of life etc. This provided a great opportunity to
quickly
learn about the
place
I had travelled to.
Just
like a library
keeps
all the books safe for everyone to step in and read. A
museum
keeps
the history secure in its walls for
people
to explore. In
today
’s day and age of rapid
globalisation
, the way of life is becoming more and more similar among
different
communities.
Hence
,
Museums
play a
very
crucial role for someone travelling to a
new
place
to know more about the
local
society.