Advances in haptics could allow blind people to feel objects that others can see, or allow visitors to a museum website to feel the shape and texture of an ancient object.
For those who like their historic buildings to come in the shape of stately homes, ancient monuments and places of worship, it's probably no compensation to hear the awesome propeller is housed in a cathedral-like chamber.
The basic urn shape relates to that of an Ancient Greek amphora bulbous, with shoulders and a flaring neck, double-handled, and characteristically raised on a foot.
The new Shanghai stock exchange is built in the shape of a hollowed square to help trap positive energy, a nod to the ancient geomantic rituals of feng shui.