8 Reasons Why You Should Visit Museums
Museums are one of those places where one can experience the incredible magic of the past. How people lived, how we came into being, what happened to our ancestors, how humans built the great empires, who were before us, what did they do in their daily lives and most importantly how they persisted! Every piece in a museum gallery speaks for itself and takes you back to a world that we have never seen.
If you are reading this then we share something in common. Your love for history, art, cultures and all things ancient has brought you here. We are the same who at some point probably looked for answers in the form of an explanation in a piece of art. I believe some of us who enjoy wandering inside museums or galleries have wondered what inspired an artist to create their work? What is an in-depth meaning of whatever it is that we have observed or admired? But often what we don’t think is — what takes us back to those walls containing ancient history? How do we form the connection?
Well my museum story is based on my sensory organs — or more specifically my obsession with the smell I constantly find upon walking into museum galleries. I call it the ‘scent of the past’ . A bit weird but it actually comes from the hundreds and thousands of years old artifacts sealed inside the buildings. I often feel that they speak to me using the ‘scent’ and that is…
