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Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures.The increasingly popular "design museums" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different
1 .Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public.These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the
_2 of the hall.
People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology.But their role is not simply a matter of sales—It is the
3 of excellently invented products.The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel
4 with the exhibits.Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel
5 or puzzled.This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work, and how design has
6 the quality of our lives.Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their
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In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors.Each of these museums has tried to
8 the public’s growing interest in the field with new ideas.London’s Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins.The choices open to design museums seem far less
_9 than those to art museums.