Anthropology Dr. Jean Marcus November 16‚ 2012 Cobb Museum Paper The Cobb Institute Museum at Mississippi State University displays items from the Old World and the New World. When I visited the museum I noticed a wide variety of artifacts. The Old world side contained pieces from many Old World countries‚ while the New World side featured a lot of pieces that are from local areas. Since there was such a vast number of artifacts at the Cobb Museum‚ I have decided to focus on the clay vessels and
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Ty Cobb "Baseball‚" Ty Cobb liked to say‚ "is something like a war...Baseball is a red- blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s not pink tea‚ and mollycoddles had better stay out of it. It’s...a struggle for supremacy‚ a survival of the fittest" (Ward and Burns 64). Although Ty Cobb was possibly the greatest player in baseball history‚ many people would consider him its worst person. Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born December 18‚ 1886 in The Narrows‚ Georgia. His parents named him after the ancient
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Museum Museum‚ institution dedicated to helping people understand and appreciate the natural world‚ the history of civilizations‚ and the record of humanity’s artistic‚ scientific‚ and technological achievements. Museums collect objects of scientific‚ aesthetic‚ or historical importance; care for them; and study‚ interpret‚ and exhibit them for the purposes of public education and the advancement of knowledge. There are museums in almost every major city in the world and in many smaller communities
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new works of art or artifacts for a museum is to preserve culture and history. Another purpose is to educate others who would like to learn about these certain subjects. Art demonstrates glimpses of history‚ or just new styles of art‚ which serve as inspiration to other artists and people. Artifacts from the past‚ show a realistic viewpoint of how a certain era of people lived‚ also showing how our society has advanced throughout time. If I were to open a museum‚ my main goal would be to enrich the
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The last decades‚ museum studies and practice are marked by a shift in traditional museum views that emerged from a strong critique towards the narratives‚ values and‚ finally‚ the very definition of museums in contemporary western society. The emergence of New Museology was decisive in theorizing and putting this turn into a larger context that involved ideological‚ political and aesthetic dimensions. Museums‚ far from being neutral spaces of knowledge have a significant function in the mediation
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Is the HAMMER Museum with its location‚ architecture and exhibitions‚ an extraordinary place that can challenge and surprise the people from different cultural backgrounds who experience the American Culture? For my Psychology Experiential Assignment‚ I was thinking about creating an art work with oil paints on canvas‚ which I bought before two years‚ but had not had the needed time for creating and using them. Unfortunately‚ I had to change my opinion because before two weeks‚ I got a bad news from
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Curtis Hess Museum Experience The outside activity that I chose to do was to visit a museum. The museum in which I visited was the Brandywine River Museum. This museum is located in Chadds Ford PA‚ which is right outside of Philadelphia‚ and like the name says it sits right along the Brandywine River. I went to this fine art museum with my sister who lives in the area and we did not take a guided tour‚ instead we just walked around on our own time and were able to talk about the paintings with each
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Although the Orlando Art Museum was the last Cultural place I visited it was definitely my favorite. The insane art fixtures and sculptures I saw left me baffled at what I thought art really was. I always saw art as something sort of boring‚ and I wasn’t all that excited for visiting this art museum. But after this my opinion about art definitely changed completely and I would love to visit more museums like this one. A lot of paintings and sculptures caught my eye while visiting. The Painting
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Nowaday in modern society there are a large number of museums and galleries‚ which help to provide essencial functions of education and entertainment to the public. However some people think they are of less importance now as citizens can achieve the same purpose on the Interne. Personally I do not agree with such views. Certainly we can almost search all information from the Internet‚ yet all we retrieve is just pictures and texts. While in a museum‚ one see real objects‚ such as a Chinese ancient
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Introduction and Background of Museum of Brisbane Museum of Brisbane is one of the gallery in the Brisbane City located in the city hall. The Museum is the one which explores the vibrant living history of people including life style and exhibits the identity through exhibitions‚ workshops‚ tours‚ talks‚ Special events and MOB kids Children’s activities. Museum of Brisbane was opened in October 2003‚ replacing the Brisbane city Gallery. The prime motive of Museum of Brisbane is to explore and present
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