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When traveling abroad, some people may consider museums as just boring places and rather prefer going to see attractions or eating at famous restaurants. However, I strongly believe that going to museums is certainly a best way to understand deeply about the country.
Firstly, at museums you can study the long historical backgrounds of the country, which helps you understand more deeply about local people. With the knowledge of the nation's history, you will get to better understand how the lifestyle of the local people has been shaped throughout the history, and why people behave in certain way. My Canadian friends’ visit to Korea would be a good example of this. After they visited the National History Museum in Korea and saw how cruelly Japanese invaded Korea and how much Koreans suffered from the event, they could eventually fully understand why Koreans were so against Japanese government even until now.
On the top of that, a museum is a perfect place where you can see and experience the country's traditions and heritage. Nowadays, due to globalization many countries have become modernized so quickly that it's very hard to find their traditional scenes on the street. Without going to museums, you might end up eating at McDonal’s and buying clothes from ZARA, and lose opportunity to see the country’s uniqueness. By seeing the exhibitions full of numerous relics and traditional artifacts, such as clothings and furnitures, preserved well, you can learn the lifestyles of local people for each periods of history. Also, nowadays many museums offer some good programs such as cooking traditional foods, or making traditional jewelry which come in high quality and often educational. By seeing the exhibitions and participating in these programs held in museum, it will be an excellent opportunity to experience the real traditions of the country. To sum up, a museum is a must-visit place because it helps you learn the history of the country which is essential when trying to deeply understand the people. Also, in this globalized and standardized era, a museum will allow you to experience the unique and traditional culture of the country, which you will hardly find on the street of modernized cities. |