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.