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Museums Temples of delight Museums the world over are doing amazingly well, says Fiammetta Rocco. But can they keep the visitors coming? Dec 21st 2013?|?From the print edition MUSEUMS USED TO stand for something old, dusty, boring and barely relevant to real life. Those kinds of places still exist, but there are far fewer of them, and the more successful ones have changed out of all recognition. The range they cover has broadened spectacularly and now goes well beyond traditional subjects such as art and artefacts, science and history (for a sample of oddball specialities, see chart). One