What is the most important function of a museum?

by BethDunn on January 21, 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 tell us our own stories, and the stories of others.”

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1 Karen Billard February 1, 2009 at 2:49 pm: I agree with you, Beth, but would also add that museums expose us to the highest forms of expression about who we are. They open up our perception of what is possible, not just what is or has been.
2 melanie Chartier February 1, 2009 at 6:31 pm: Isn’t the most important function of a museum to provide the public with education and access to maintained and protected collections