Displaying exhibits is the most important features in a museum, probably the only reason why it exist. Museum in the present days  has evolved to a stage whereby artifacts are exhibited to provoke visitors and through the ‘material culture’ as Kevin Moore had illustrated visitors are able to exploit deeper meanings.

Kevin Moore exemplified that museum nowadays had diminished the boundaries of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture, evidently localizing the institute itself.  In order for Museum to exist in low/popular-culture, exhibits should project in its ‘fullest diversity, not just fragments which curators deem to be authentic.’ (Moore, 1997 :5) and that museums should reflect the history and culture of all. What Curators tends to do however is make judgments trying to determine the art and historical significance of the exhibits, Moore argued that museum should display which in turn allow visitors to provoke into and to allow them to judge for themselves as to what is art and history and what is not.

       
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The Museum of Sydney is arguably a heritage museum displaying not only the government house but also exploiting the relationships and the encounter between the colonial and the indigenous, hence we expect to discover exhibits which depicts the colonization of Sydney, exchange and relationship with the indigenous people and the rise of Sydney.  Interestingly we would find very little artifacts within the museum, alternatively pictures, paintings and labels are obvious. What the museum is trying to do here, as Virago mentioned is that using paintings, installations (edge of trees) and quotes, the museums wants have a more pro-active approach. Moore particular emphasized 'oral history' besides long intimidating quotes, which relates directly to the 'talking box'. Virago had tremendously praised the  technology not only MOS was the first to employ such concepts but also it provides a modern audiovisual pleasure. Here Kevin Moore argued explicitly saying that such museums are taking objects and material culture to a second place consequently the museum becomes ‘book on the wall’ (Moore, 1997: 39). Not only destroying the essence of material culture but also the characteristics of a museum ‘the most important and unique characteristic of a museum exhibition is that it facilitates an encounter between visitor and three-dimensional object’ (Belcher in Moore, 1997:39).

Powerhouse museum on the other hand has a far more different approach. The museum itself is an applied arts and science museum which means not only that it has a different umbrella but  it also indicates that its operation and approach will be different to MOS. With regards to the artifacts, it ‘whisked back the swinging 60’s, the self satisfied 50’s and the irrepressibly cheerful 40’s’ (John Cunningham, Sydney Morning Heralds, 22 January, 1988:18) meaning that PHM covers Sydney Culture on a superficial manner to a practical level. In the lights of Moore exemplification Powerhouse Museum had truly corresponds with his notion, although there are signs of oral history and books on the walls yet the amount of artifacts is significant, which somehow creates this impression that objects comes first on the list, rather than other forms of depiction to illustrate historical significance.

Coming back with regards to authenticity and judgment, both museums although covers a different umbrella in its nature however somehow it corresponds with Moore’s exemplification. Both museums in their exhibition projects curator’s perception on Sydney History, the rise of Sydney and the evolution of the city in particular and assumes that visitors would correspond to it. What they fail to identify is that visitors too has their own thoughts, their own ‘authentic’ perceptions, which may oppose to the curator’s. However it is rather difficult for curators to accommodate visitor’s perception and authenticity as museum not only has to cover a wide demographic span but since it is government funded which due to political issues that consequently stops them to present on a wide perspective. Nonetheless they are considered as a pop-cultured museum, despite on a judgmental perspective, due to the fact that it reflects history and culture, Sydney to be precise, all in one.