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Read MCC Brussels’ Executive Director, Professor Frank Füredi's article on how museums have abandoned their task of preserving the past in favour of waging a culture war against it. MCC Brussels' first event in September will tackle head on this important issue: Should Museums Be Political? The event will take place on 18 September at the Stanhope Hotel, Brussels.
"The central role of museums has been to preserve our national inheritance and to present the legacy of history and our civilisation to successive generations.
But today, instead of learning from the past, they are trying to teach the past a lesson.
The chief buzzword in museums is 'decolonisation'."
