The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
In the more recently disclosed field of history in the ancient Near East, however, there has been no such sense of responsibility displayed by historians either in Europe or America.
It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.
The historical profession is nowhere famous for its tolerance, but there are not many countries where historians can expect to pay for their opinions with penal servitude or the firing squad.
An exotic birthplace on its own is not informative of anything.
Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty.
Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washington.
Art should be created for life, not for the museum.
The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.