the most famous wax museum‚ with branches all over the world. It has grown to become a major tourist attraction in London‚ displaying waxworks of historical and royal figures‚ as well as others celebrities such as actors‚ pop stars or scientists. Its history begins back in 1777 when Marie Tussaud created her first wax figure‚ Voltaire. However‚ it wasn’t until 1835 when Marie opened a museum in Baker Street. Fifty years later‚ Marie’s grandson moved the location of the museum in the exact same place
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In 1906‚ the Metropolitan Museum of Art excavated 36‚000 objects from its Egyptian collection over to Egypt over the next 30 years to study and to show their people ancient Egyptian artifacts. Ancient artifacts should be used to show a country’s past history‚ opponents may say otherwise. Opponents of collecting ancient artifacts may say it might be disrespectful to collect artifacts that are blessed‚ but then it shouldn’t be ignored‚ because then that would be more disrespectful than it originally
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material is a very topical one‚ with this year seeing a statue of Aphrodite being returned to Sicily by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles‚ the Boston Museum of Fine Arts re-uniting the statue of the “Weary Herakles” to Turkey (see fig 1 below)‚ the Minneapolis Institute of Arts sending back a Greek krater showing a Dionysian procession to Puglia‚ Italy‚ and Berlin’s Pergamon Museum returning the Hattusa Sphinx of Hittite origin to Turkey almost 100 years after German archaeologists had excavated
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of Benin have been controversial and continue to be so. The Places which home the artwork of Benin have and continue to cause controversy. They did not always as they did in the late nineteenth century languish in cramped displays set up by museums around the world‚ or in sitting rooms of private collectors but were originally preserved in Benin’s royal place‚ Benin City. The debate over who should own them is also controversial. They never used
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DESIGN DEPARTMENT INTR405 Islamic Art museum “Graduation project” Presented to : Prof. Dr. Aleya Abd-Al.Hadi Presented by : Wafaa Abdallah Ashour ID : 121419 Project title : Islamic Art museum . Introduction : Islamic Art describes all of the arts
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Louvre was a castle which had been used to defense but not to live. In 14 century‚ Charlie V decided to live into the Louvre. During the French Revolution‚ Louvre was opened to public as a museum. After Napoleon was in power‚ he began to expand the scan of the Louvre. And at the period of Napoleon III‚ Louvre museum buildings were finished up completely. Until now the Louvre has become well-known in all over the world‚ and its success cannot do without its mission and vision. The vision is working in
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Natural History Museum Landscaping Contractor – Statement of Work Introduction The Natural History Museum has sought to seek a Landscaping Contractor to maintain the 15 acre lawn and the remaining trees‚ bushes‚ and flower gardens. This project is conducted in an effort to improve the overall look and quality of the museum and will add a different level of enjoyment outside the standard exhibits offered at the museum. We encourage an Eco-friendly environment and seek to maintain that focus
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“Should Artifacts be Returned to Where They Came From” Why move artifact that is already in a museum. In “Who Own The Past” by Joyce mortimer we learned about artifacts being take out of museums and taken back to the origin of place‚ tho this sounds like a good thing who knows if will be able to protect the artifact or if they might neglect it. We should return artifact back because there to many variables when there all ready in a safe place and guarded without neglect. In some place after the
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years of experience of working in visitor services in busy museum and tourist attractions. I always had a keen interest in Museum Education for several years now and I have had many varied experiences related to this field‚ which have strengthened my desire to follow this career path. My varied educational and professional background offered me the opportunity to teach and relate with children and adults. Working at the British Museum gave me the chance to keep up-to-date on educational issues
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They are on-the-go vans with a mini science museum within them to been witnessed by all those people who cannot reach the centre. Its exhibits on ‘Popular Science’ too are very interesting Acrobatic stick‚ Body connects‚ Breathing square‚ Bucket radio‚ Chaotic pendulum‚ Coloured pyramid‚ Cone runs
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