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Roles and functions of a Museum

People have different views on the roles and functions of a museum Personally I think museums should be both entertaining and educational Museums function a range entertainment look at the Imperial War Museum they offer a range of things from the Big Picture Show Action Stations to Trail packs which are both seen as entertaining and educational Indeed museums are the provision of entertainment which is available to the public Falk Dierking 2000 One of the main aims of these action stations in IWM is to give children access to entertainment and education at the same time Looking at these stations and how people interact with them learning can be defined as how people taking part can understand the information they are presented with Falk Dierking 2000 Look at this people interact with different exhibits but if there not gaining anything its not seen as educational However say they was showing voice over and pictures to tell a true story and the visitor can then recap and note down some ideas that the war was full of conflict and be able to retell the story then learning has taken place Falk and Dierking both deļ¬ned entertainment In a museum as engaging I found that when 



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