Gherasim Teodor-Gheorghe

11A
30th September
Opinion essay

Museums are a waste of money

Museums are important buildings that hold artifacts or simple objects from human history. In my
opinion, the statement "Museums are a waste of money" is true because nowadays museums are no
longer as useful as they used to be. Most museums have important objects that show us how humanity
has evolved, however, those objects can be seen most of the time on the Internet and can be quite
boring for some people who are not interested like most children and teenagers.

Firstly, even though museums have information as well as the objects themselves, they are outdated
because that information can be easily found on the Internet and even 3D models of the artifacts in the
digital version, additionaly there is some information that does not even appear in museums, something
that makes you wonder why you would pay a museum ticket to find out information that you can find for
free on the Internet.

Secondly, even though museums are quite fascinating and have enormous cultural value, most people
today are not interested in them, because those people are mostly teenagers and children. Of course,
not all teenagers and children are bored by museums, but most of them want to have fun and museums
are not a place where they can do that, but not only the fact that museums are not fun for teenagers is
the problem, there is also the problem of ticket prices that they can be quite expensive. For example, a
ticket to an art museum can cost 20 dollars, for a teenager that money can be used in several places such
as an arcade, or at the mall, for 20 dollars you can buy, for example, some clothes or food or maybe
watch a movie or even all 3.

In conclusion, even if museums have incredibly fascinating artifacts in their possession, information is
one of the most important things you can get from a museum, and that little information comes at a
price that is not worth it, so I think that the statement "Museums are a waste of money" is a real one.