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1 " Museums are preserving the past and propelling us into the future. "
― Mackenzie Finklea , Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums
2 " In a world progressively becoming more digital, it's important to remember where we've been as we continue moving forward. How do we do that best? With museums. "
3 " Museums preserve global and human history in a concrete way: they house the real thing. "
4 " Though science and art are at odds with one another—competing for academic attention—they work beautifully together in the world of museums. "
5 " It was here long before me, and I always assumed it would exist long after. Perhaps that’s what hurt the most; realizing the fleeting nature of even the most monolithic of objects. "
6 " Sure, nothing lasts forever, but don’t focus on things that might end...enjoy them for what they are today. No one knows what tomorrow might bring. "
7 " History is everything that's already happened, right up to the moment you read these words. That's a lot to tackle for one museum, but not to worry, there are hundreds. "
8 " Technology continues to be used to change the way we experience museums and the ways we learn and absorb information. "
9 " When you make changes to preserve something, whether an artifact or an entire building, you risk altering the object and it’s history. However, if you don’t, you risk losing it entirely. "
10 " Often, the story of an artifact’s journey is more remarkable than the object itself. "
11 " There is nothing like seeing the splendor of human creativity at work from museum architecture all the way down in scale to the tiniest of objects. "
12 " At the end of the day, the most valuable things are not things, they are experiences, and museums foster experiences through things. "
13 " What is a museum without objects and artifacts? Empty. Or worse, a building full of very disoriented tourists. "
14 " Something that is decisively worth preserving to a community must be an essential part of a collective history, identity, or narrative. "
15 " Humans aren’t here for long—nor, as a species, have we been here for more than a blink of the cosmic eye. Armed with the knowledge of our fleeting existence, we seek to leave a mark—some immortal legacy to compensate for the crushing weight of recognizing our own mortality. "
16 " It is human nature, it seems, to have the desire to leave a legacy, to leave something behind, to be remembered. "
17 " For better or worse, come flood, famine, or the collapse of society, we cling to our history for a sense of identity and that which makes us human. "
18 " Many people seem to think that museums are obsolete now that we have the internet, but the reality is, museums are so critical to the preservation of human culture. "
