Antique is an object that belongs to an earlier period. Because of its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features it is collected or desirable. It represents a previous era in human society.
Historical museum makes a considerable use of antiques in order to illustrate historical events and give them a practical context. Any object can become an antique if it survives long enough, but value of an antique varies from source to source, product to product and year to year.
There are a number of different kinds of antique. The most common include antique books, antique furniture, antique shop and antique tools.
