I never understood the benefit of public museums, especially in the internet age.
If you want to look at some artifacts without touching it, you could google it and see it.
Also in public museums a lot of artifacts get damaged due to visitors behaviors.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to keep the old artifacts at storage facility and release a high quality pictures of it instead of putting it in a museum?
Is there is a benefit for public museums?
I love science museums. The ones I’ve been to let you do practical activities that a YouTube video wouldn’t do justice. They also usually have a diner and it’s just nice to go out with some friends to a science museum and chill out!