The Ruling on Exalting Historical Sites, Museums, and the Statues Within Them

The questioner:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, does exalting historical sites, museums, and the statues within them fall under shirk (associating partners with Allah) or not?

The Shaykh:
He said that it is not permissible to place relics in museums. He said that it is not permissible for the sake of Allah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he came to his mother’s grave, forbade seeking forgiveness for her, and only permitted visiting her grave. So, museums that place in them relics that do not harm people, placing in them something that does not harm, as opposed to placing in them idols or images, or a place that is taken as a site of veneration.
The birth, or the place of worship, where shirk (associating partners with Allah) is feared from it, so it is not permissible. But if they are relics from which nothing is feared, such as old vessels, such as old weapons, such as things he collected to sell them, or for people to see them in museums, they are not a means to shirk.

Another questioner:
There are statues in them.

The Shaykh:
No.