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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1927359, member: 19463&quot;]Not at all!&nbsp; Museums are attractions of the future but those of us who enjoy the past may not recognize their connection to the past.&nbsp;&nbsp; I see it as the difference between reading history and reading historical novels.&nbsp; Asking if museums are things of the past is a bit funny.&nbsp; That is my main complaint about them.&nbsp; Rather than being places where you can go to see many things of the past, they tend to be places you can go to see a few things and be saved having to learn too much.&nbsp; I used to go to a museum and be inspired to read up on something I saw.&nbsp; Now I go and see what some recent graduate in museum studies thought I should see while they played a documentary from the History Channel.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone seen a coin exhibit consisting of plaster casts painted to look like coins?&nbsp; I was anxious to see &#039;Rome and The Germans&#039;, a travelling exhibit prepared by a guy who I went to college with.&nbsp; I bought the book that accompanied it.&nbsp; At least the book photos were of the coins.&nbsp; The exhibit was all plaster nicely painted to look real.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW:&nbsp; I believe the most accurate historical TV production is Game of Thrones.&nbsp; Not once have I caught them making an error in fact or spirit compared to the historical period and place they cover.&nbsp;&nbsp; Can you say that about any other production?&nbsp; &nbsp; The Boston exhibit includes a facility for you to design your own ancient coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mine will show a&nbsp; girl holding a long list and a small sword.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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