At the Hecht Museum in Haifa, a four-year-old child broke a Bronze Age vase estimated to be at least 3,500 years old. BBC News reports this.
The vase was displayed in one of the first halls of the museum. It was not protected by glass – this is a conscious policy of the administration, which believes that archaeological objects displayed without fences add a “special charm” to the exhibition.
The vase was made in the period from 2200 to 1500 BC, it was intended to store wine or olive oil. Such pottery is often found during excavations, but usually most of them are already broken, and this particular vase, the museum noted, was an “impressive find”. .
As the boy’s father said, he took the vase “a little bit” because he was “uncertain to know what was inside.” According to the father, when the vase broke, it was His first thought: “My son couldn’t do this. Then he calmed the child down and told security what happened.
Representatives from the Hecht Museum said that since this was apparently an accident, it would remain without legal consequences for the boy and his father. “There are situations when exhibitions are deliberately damaged, and these cases are investigated with great care, including the involvement of the police. But this is not true. The vase was accidentally broken by a small boy, and the answer will be appropriate,” said the museum.
As a result, the boy and his family were invited to visit the museum as part of an organized tour. They are going to retrieve the broken vase and return it to the exhibition. The museum confirmed that it does not intend to abandon the practice of displaying exhibits without protective glass.
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2024-08-28 15:14:00
