Posted in Individualism, Politics on 21. Jan, 2009
The Museum Association put this video up a while ago. Several people were asked “What is the single most important function of museums?”
I would have said “To provide meaning”.
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The single most important function is to preserve cultural history.
Thinking about “ästhetische Autonomie” and create the “differánce”
preserving and displaying historical artifacts…as a means to educate the public and provide concrete truths about our history…