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I keep coming back to the bench at the very start of the museum. It somehow seems archaic by comparison in this space and yet it still feels the most inviting. Perhaps this bench welcomes us properly because it looks comfortable enough to sit or lay on, or perhaps it is precisely because it is not roped off or dangling out of reach like the other benches. Regardless, subtleties like this bench and the words written on the walls "do not touch", "No sitting or sleeping" in an exhibition of objects which were originally designed for those very purposes, made for a truly insightful experience.