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Some museum curators believe it is the right of their visitors to see the real historical objects. Showing them a fake, from this point of view, makes the museum pointless since anyone can look up a picture online or find a convincing copy nowadays.
That's also the opinion of visitors like me. What's the point of going to the Louvres to see a replica? Just send the replica to my home town library then.
Thats what the museum gift shop is for
I get that ... but to you and me and the average Joe ... if you showed us a professionally made fake set of the French crown jewels behind glass, four feet away, would we be able to tell the difference?
It is a matter of integrity and honor on the business side. It's not about us, it's about the owner and the honesty of the business services they want to provide. Their museum is a place to display artifacts, it is not a theatre for clones and copies.
Have you been to a french museum? I don't know much for jewellery but you can straight go up and poke at an invaluable painting. But people just don't.