True or false the conviction that historical relics reflect real life of the past is rooted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when science was regarded as objective and free of human attitudes. as one writer observes: ‘although it is now evident that material objects are as easily changed as chronicles, public belief in their authenticity is still very strong: a tangible relic seems real.’ such conviction was, until recently, reflected in museum displays. museums used to look – and some still do – much like storage rooms of objects packed together in showcases: good for scholars who wanted to study the subtle differences in design, but not for the ordinary visitor, to whom it all looked alike. similarly, the information accompanying the objects often made little sense to the general public. the content and format of explanations dated back to a time when the museum was the exclusive domain of the scientific researcher. верно или нет (true or false) many people believe that material objects kept in museums are true relics of the past.
TRUE