Museum
Amuseumis an institution that holds artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, historical or other importance.
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[edit]- I have always loved science museums in particular—the interactive hands-on museums... They just exude creativity.
- Kathryn D. Sullivan(2020) cited in "What We Lose When We Lose Museums"onIEEE Spectrum,9 November 2020.
- Without substantial assistance, many museums, historical societies, preservation organizations and other institutions will likely close forever (due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic). Communities across thecountrywill be left without anchor institutions that provide context for contemporary challenges.
- John Dichtl(2020) cited in "What We Lose When We Lose Museums"onIEEE Spectrum,9 November 2020.
- Few areas of the national life of thoseWestern Europeancountries failed to benefit from the decades of parasitic exploitation of thecolonies.OneNigerian,after visitingBrusselsin 1960, wrote: “I saw for myself the massivepalaces,museumsand other public buildings paid for byCongoivoryandrubber.”In recent times, African writers and researchers have also been amazed to find the amount of lootedAfricantreasurestacked away in theBritish Museum;and there are comparable if somewhat smaller collections ofAfrican artinParis,Berlin,andNew York.Those are some of the things which, in addition tomonetary wealth,help to define the metropoles asdevelopedand “civilized.”
- Walter Rodney,How Europe Underdeveloped Africa(1972), p. 186
