In recent years, the trend has been toward "decentralization." Traditional museums headed by scholars, experts, and professional curators have been booted out of the mainstream, to be replaced by "museums of the commonplace" run by everyday people and focused on catering to the interests of everyday people, especially entertainment. The word "museum" is no longer defined so rigorously as it once was.
近年來博物館發展趨勢朝向「去中心化」，過去由學者、專家或館員主導的傳統博物館已經退潮，相反的，由民間人士主導、以滿足參觀者需求和娛樂為導向的「通俗博物館」大行其道，博物館一辭，已經不再像過去界定的那樣嚴格。