A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. museums not only have a political dimension but that they are inescapably political. It is difficult, if not actually impossible, to deny the impact that forms of political engagement and activity have for the ways in which museums function, what they are both expected to do and actually undertake, what they provide for the various groups and individuals that are associated with them, and what the consequences of their existence are for the societies within which they are located.
