I'm the middle of writing a story in past-tense. Then comes a need to write this line:
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts held some of the world’s most treasured pieces of art.
Except, of course, it still does. The above reads as if it "once held". Thus the edit:
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts holds some of the world’s most treasured pieces of art.
But I'm writing in the past tense, e.g. They arrived shortly before it opened to the public.
Thoughts, anyone?
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts held some of the world’s most treasured pieces of art.
Except, of course, it still does. The above reads as if it "once held". Thus the edit:
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts holds some of the world’s most treasured pieces of art.
But I'm writing in the past tense, e.g. They arrived shortly before it opened to the public.
Thoughts, anyone?