Museums might have a weapon or two, but it would most likely be in a preserved rather than a restored condition, so it would not be an effective weapon until you had restored it to its original condition. But, a museum with something like that would probably be a major museum, and you would only find them in big cities. Realistically, there would be a large variety of other museums with smaller exhibits, 95% of them being worthless, but we don’t yet have the game accurately reflecting that.
Antique shops are a similar story. 99% of antique shops will have furniture, lamps, instruments, artwork, misc knick knacks, etc. Things like antique weaponry would usually fall into a niche market and you would have to find someone who specializes in antique weapons, and I’m guessing most of them wouldn’t operate a storefront, and instead seek to connect buyers with sellers, or go through auctions, etc.
I think most of the people that are arguing that they be removed would just rather see the game more capable of representing the actual rarity of these items. And sorry for the derail, I just wanted to clear up that bit of misinformation.
