How to behave in a museum? [closed]

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While travelling, specially in cities, it is common to visit museums. Since tourists come from a lot of countries, you encounter other ways of approaching the museum and the experience.

However, it is also common in this places to be crowded and there is a "competition" for the best space or the best angle while taking pictures.

What kind of courtesy can you expect when visiting a museum? Do you have to adopt your own country courtesy to the one from the country you are visiting? And what about visiting country A being you from country B and other people from country C?

For example: if you are used to silent museums, are you entitled to ask people to speak low or you should just give up if the museum workers do not do it?

Yet another example: if you see people touring in the rooms on a different direction as the flow, are you entitled to ask the people to be careful? Also if kids are crying very loud and parents do not care, etc.

So the general question here is: what kind of politeness is supposed to cover a "museum experience"?






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How should you behave while in a museum?

11 ways to behave in an art museum:
  • Most museums do not allow food/beverages, so please don't.
  • Don't chew gum. ...
  • Parents: watch and teach your child how to behave.
  • Ridiculing an exhibit or painting is a bit \u201cjunior high\u201d. ...
  • Don't touch. ...
  • Before snapping photos, find out whether it is permitted.
  • Speak in a quiet voice.


  • What happens when a museum closes?

    Lesser-known collections are often sold or donated piecemeal. The Powers collection, for example, was broken up and donated to other institutions in the region. Furniture went to a nonprofit in nearby Joplin, Mo., that restores old houses. Articles of clothing were transferred to the Joplin Mining Museum.

    What should you not do at a museum?

    Please do not:
    • Touch the artwork.
    • Bring food or drink into the museum.
    • Chew gum.
    • Use flash when taking any photos.
    • Bring large bags or backpacks into the gallery.
    • Run through the halls screaming or play your bagpipes in the galleries. (Soft tenor sax is fine.)


    Are you supposed to be quiet in a museum?

    Absolutely! In a museum there ARE certain expectations, first and foremost probably being don't touch the stuff you aren't supposed to touch. However, nothing in there says you stay still and silent through the visit. Talking with each other is one of the best ways to experience a museum.



    How (not) to behave in a museum




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