Museum Display Religious Art

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Do you think that a museum is the appropriate place to display religious art? How did the stories of violence and breakage affect how you feel about the display of relics from multiple religions in one facility or building? Would you visit this museum or one like it?
Yes I believe that a museum is an appropriate place to display religious art. Quite honestly I don’t know why anyone would have a problem with it. Museums are made for just this purpose, to give the attendee a since of history, be it aesthetically pleasing or disturbing. Not all history or in this case religion is pleasing,
In the video there is what I believe to be the perfect reason that such a museum is not only appropriate but also necessary for our world, to understand

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