This week I read a letter to the paper talking about ‘A cancer called museum' (The Weekend Sun, January 19).

To P Dolden of Papamoa, I am really pleased that Tauranga will get a museum. Museums like you suggest are mostly gone, replaced by vibrant, often noisy places filled with all the modern IT that is used for education for all ages.

When you have some time, take a look at Te Papa in Wellington, Puke Ariki in New Plymouth and last week I heard about a very popular space museum in Kihikihi where children get dressed in space suits and learn about astronomy in an interactive way.

All these places have a huge tourist footprint and a way of interactive teaching that, even in 2018, cannot be learned from a screen.

Enjoy these visits, they are so worthwhile.

J Kemp, Katikati.