Museums and Art Galleries Cannot be Replaced by Computers

Since people can now search the Internet to see pictures and related descriptions about some historical objects and works, some people point out that public museums and art galleries can be replaced then. As far as I am concerned, I don‟t agree with them because public museums and art galleries have some irreplaceable functions and were of great importance to our life.
Firstly, what we see in computers is virtual and limited. For those who cannot go to the museums or art galleries, the computer does give some information about the historical objects and works. However, this information is limited because the content of the information, the angle from which the pictures are taken are totally decided by the author or editor. Without going to the museums or art galleries, you can never really know the whole picture, or even in some cases, you can never make sure whether the pictures in the computer are right.
Secondly, museums and art galleries are not just for seeing objects, and they have other more important functions. In museums and art galleries, historical objects and works can be protected and maintained in a proper way. Also, these historical objects and works are of great scientific value which cannot be discovered simply by reading and seeing some information through the computers. As a kind of public services, museums and art galleries can also educate the public about the great history of the country, or even the world. You may attend some lectures held in the museums and art galleries or listen to some guides who would tell you some interesting stories face to face.
Thirdly, your own experiences and feelings when visiting the museums and art galleries are unique, and are totally different from the experiences of sitting before a computer and seeing some pictures or descriptive words. Immersed in so many great works in real life in the museums or art galleries, you can be easily inspired by the greatness of human creations. You can communicate with your companions or even have a discussion about what you are seeing. You are free to think over an object or compare it with a similar one through your own thinking or your own words. From this point of view, museums and art galleries for you are no longer places, but a piece of memory in your life.
All in all, public museums and art galleries have their own irreplaceable position in life and society. They cannot be replaced by computers.

文章以“博物馆与艺术馆不会被网络所替代”为题探讨了博物馆与艺术馆的不可替代性。 第一段引出论题， 即博物馆与艺术馆对于我们来说具有及其重要的意义。接下来三段分别阐释了网上浏览不能代替实地浏览的原因， 如信息量有限， 不能身临其境感受文物等。 最后一段则重申论点： 博物馆与艺术馆会屹立不倒。