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/^t/In spite of some common features, there are numerous reasons, like purpose, changeability, and subject matter, for treating both places dissimilarly. Firstly, it is beyond doubt that churches and galleries serve different purposes. While a temple is primarily a place of prayer and worship, a gallery is supposed to be a setting for mostly lay exhibitions. A painting or sculpture of artistic importance found in a church might be treated as merely a background ornament complementing the sacred atmosphere of the place, and thus, an artefact of secondary importance. By contrast, the main function of a museum is to expose the values of the presented masterpieces in the best possible way, as well as to attract and impress the visitors. For this reason, it may be safely concluded that an art gallery is hardly similar to a church.