Have you ever wondered where museums get the works and relics that they put on display? If the museum is sponsored by the government then the relics were probably collected under special laws that protect historical treasures related to that country however not all museums are sponsored by the government sometimes a private collector decides to set up a museum so that the public can view the works or relics in his or her collection since 1990s more and more of these museums set up by private collectors have sprung up in China typically these private museums are small but they give visitors the chance to see works and relics not found anywhere else