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  As I wrote my Xmas message for my friends, I found myself troubled by world affairs. It is not just the wars in Gaza and Ukraine but the global battle between democracy and autocracy and how ineffective the UN system has become. I worked for many years both in and with the UN and firmly believed that world order and global support for the less privileged was best done by that global club of nations. Now I am not so sure. Around us there are many examples of power hungry would be and existing presidents who want nothing more than to control their countries. From Hungary to Turkey, USA to Israel, Russia, and many other countries working together to improve global peace and prosperity is not on their highest priority. A recent article in the Economist bemoans the ineffectiveness of the Security Council of the UN with its archaic veto system that allows any of the five most powerful members to veto proposals for peace and worse even when one of those five members holds the chai...

 A review Background It seems self-evident that museums are places of learning. That visitors come to learn based on what the museum offers in the kaleidoscope of cultural heritage available. How do museums provide the learning opportunities to the visitor whether they are children, families, or foreign tourists? That is the focus of this review. In 2020 the International Council of Museums had an article [1] focussing on museum learning as a forgotten profession. They argued that the term “education” had many interpretations and in some instances was interpreted as “ representing the omniscient museum that explains the wonders of the world and arts from a high ivory tower to a passive audience. This is far from reality.” [2] Falk and Dierking’s contextual model of learning in museums is considered important in understanding how museums can improve the effectiveness of learning in museums. [3] Mifsud argues that museums should have trained educators to run museum lea...