Passage A: Authenticity is often equated with untouched original material, yet many valued objects have been repaired, repainted, or adapted through long use. Those changes may document the communities that maintained the object and can be integral to what it is. Museums should distinguish historically accumulated alteration from modern reconstruction intended to simulate an earlier state, and they should disclose both. Authenticity can reside in a traceable history of change, not only in material purity. Passage B: Some conservators warn that emphasizing use history can excuse excessive restoration. They favor giving original fabric priority because replacement material cannot carry the same direct connection to an object's making. Which choice captures Passage A’s central position while keeping the two passages distinct on understanding authenticity in museum objects?