Everything is time and space… whether analog world or the digital. Did you ever think about it precisely? When time pass on as it has to be move ahead – even never see behind – so every pass off as take the time becomes its age and that is called antique or in other words ancient (outdated). Humans forget about it and don't like to include in their life, whereas everyone has to become antique in any shape like when humans are dead they become antique for the present and hereafter generation. Every antique thing or substance which owns its age tells us about the history and the period.
Anyhow, antique is the old collectible items. These items are called objects because of outdated. These antique collectible items tell us about the period and the then in vogue things in each spectrum of the life concerning matters.
All over the world, I think there's no any country which they does not have any antique shop, or antique museum. Antique shops obviously for sale purpose, but these collectibles are very expensive and not for anyone to be purchased easily.
Only antique adorers visit such shops to could embellish their drawing or guest rooms or even in whole premises of their home. They frame antique collectibles for decoration and admirable purpose in/to their houses according to the shapes and sizes of their collectibles whichever befitted with the shape of the place where it would be hanged, framed, or mounted.
The antique adorers had to visit in person, but now it is very easy due to the Internet, which is now the most active online marketplace and most importantly this platform safe the time. Now, the adorers visit the antique websites and make online purchasing (which is called ebusiness) and orders for home delivery with meager delivery charges, they don't have to visit such shops directly or in person.
The general purpose of antique museums is not to provide purchasing option perhaps such museums are just for visit places, where antique adorers and tourists visit and come know about the past things and admire by the antique collectibles which basically give another stance to think about more and more and to take such measures about the past and the present time. Where they where stand and where we are now – how time is going without having any interpersonal feelings and thoughts. Ah! We have to take care about our past at all, not because we also will ever be the part of antique objects, but with this purpose that perhaps antiques need us.