6th November 2008, 02:07 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Dirty Dave Lincoln
A more ethical/historical approach would be that museums only retain artifacts that are pertinent to their own country.
Totally impractical and unworkable but it would be the right approach to displaying goods, surely a museums exhibits should reflect the history of their own area/country.
I'm not saying I disagree, but there is the point of how do we get to know about other people's cultures etc. I really loved seeing the Code of Hammurabi when I last went to the Louvre (stuff the Mona Lisa, that's the REAL code!). I wouldn't have been able to see it if it was still in the Middle East and neither would most other people. Would it still even be in existence if it hadn't 'come west'?