0 a building where objects of historical, scientific, or artistic interest are kept: --
1 a building where people can go to view works of art or objects of interest to science or history: --
In this they closely resembled other state buildings of the period, like libraries and museums, but not only state buildings.
But acoustics is not only important in performance spaces: it also has a strong effect on 'non-acoustic' spaces like libraries, museums and dining halls.
Richards points out that while the commodified object obscures its own history and origins, the museum provides such information on labels or in catalogs (60).
Its proponents opt for a more reflexive perspective on museums and their visitors.
A small museum as well as a snack bar, a restaurant, and a souvenir shop were built in the vicinity of the attraction.
This rule may succeed for some destinations, but not for those that have no museums.
According to purist views, the exhibition of objects in museums not only irrevocably destroys original contexts, but creates a new context for an object.
Nineteenth-century commentators worried that museum-goers would go too far toward one or the other of these extremes.
