Being a consumer product and a museum (art) piece is not mutually exclusive. Lot of classical music and classical paintings were commissioned with a price to be

Being a consumer product and a museum (art) piece is not mutually exclusive. Lot of classical music and classical paintings were commissioned with a price to be "consumed". > But archeologists aren't going to use it in 5000 years to understand contemporary (to now) culture. Why not? While that particular hardware on its own might not explain the culture but knowing what people consumed as an entertainment and what people tried to invent for entertainment seems like a important thing to know to understand a culture. (This logic can be applied to classical music/painting)