Many people visit museums when they travel to new places. Why do you think people visit museum? Use specific reasons and examples to support your awswers.
Including me, many people stop by or visit museums when they travel to new places such as historic sites and sightseeing places. Some people can't understand these people's behavior. But I think they are very reasonable for some reasons.
First, museum has many information about its place feature and history. So once visit there, people learn a lot of things about that place. Let's suppose some people are traveling Thailand's Southern area.There is a museum that represents all the information about that place like history, culture, geological chacteristics, the composition of population and so on.
After visit the museum, the travelers get lots of information and based on these they can visit other good place they don't expect to visit. Furthermore, based on the information, they can enjoy their sightseeing more effectively.
Second, if people visit museum, the traveler can remember their memory about the visit place longer than just travel without any information about the place. Museum definitely makes people more active for their traveling. That is, people just don't see the features of the place and thing such as temples, tower, etc. And, at least, they not only can understand their culture but also choose the best representative souvenir for their family and friends.
In conclusion, to get some information about the visiting place and to remember their memory about the place longer, museum can be a very useful utensil for travelers. For these reason, I think people visit museum when they travel to new place.