▶ Your Answer : It is debatable whether there is no better way to get to know a country than by going to museums. This is an intriguing question because options concerning this issue can be different relying on the individual perspectives. In my opinion, however, it is not the best way to go to museums to learn about a country. This is because museums cannot show the present things and give direct experiences. To begin with, it is difficult for people to know a county by going to museums because museums usually have things that explain what happened in the past. To be specific, people can see many historic materials so they can learn about the previous things of the country. However, they cannot know today's information in museums and how people in the country live and think nowadays
For instance, there are many museums of specific subjects such as chosun empire, wars, independence and so on in South Korea. Many Koreans visit there not to know current Korean issues and news but to learn about history. If they want to know about South Korea, it is better for them to go downtown of Seoul such as Gangnam, Myung-dong and Jong-ro.
On top of that, people are unlikely to know enough a country with pictures, documents and things in museums because Secondhand experiences from museums' materials can help people learn about a few facts of the country. From my experience, It is clear that living and experiencing in a country is better to know the country than just seeing something showed in museums.
For example, I lived in London for about an year to study English and experienced a lot of British things. When I thought about UK before living there, many classical images came to my mind. However, what I experienced there was totally different to what I had thought and I could see many fashionable people, cutting-edge technology and advanced financial industy at that time. To sum up, going to museums can let people know about a little of a country with historical things and secondhand experiences. In this regard, I firmly believe that living in a country is better way to know the country than going to museums.
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