HIST 101: World Societies to 1453 - M. Petrou
Preserving Empires
Museums house extensive collections of historical objects and content. The contents museums display are wide and varying and have changed throughout their institutional histories. Visiting museums allow crowds of people to gather around large collections of objects in a single place. They learn about the content that museum professionals work to preserve. Museum visitors often learn about lost empires through these vast collections of objects, ruins, coins, papers, and more.
National Palace Museum (Taipei City, Taiwan)
Museums to Note
The British Museum
The British Museum houses some of the largest collections of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artifacts.
The National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum, located in Taipei City, Taiwan holds one of the most extensive collections of ancient Chinese artifacts.
The American Museum of Natural History
The vast holdings the Incan Empire left behind is largely present at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.