The Museum of Natural History Museums are essential for sustaining the world’s biological and cultural diversity. Yet they can do more without undermining their commitment to thorough and rigorous science. For example‚ they can increase the accessibility of their collections. The advent of new information technologies allows natural history museums to digitize collections and to make associated scientific data accessible to wide audiences. These technologies enable the sharing of data with countries
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science‚ economics‚ art history? During the Tang dynasty‚ artifacts like Saddled horse were buried in the tombs of emperors and nobles. The horse and its proud stance represent power and higher ranking military. These ceramics were thought
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The Los Angels County Museum of Art (LAMA) is an art museum in Los Angels‚ California. LACMA is situated on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles (George‚ 1998). LACMA is the most astronomically immense museum in the western region of Los Angels and it receives proximate to one million people in a year. It’s holding includes more than 100‚000 works revealing the history of art from old days to the present. The museum additionally features films and concerts
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Buffalo Soldiers Museum Loucious Windom History 2381 Professor Antrece Baggétt October 11‚ 2013 American history is full of great soldiers who have lost their lives for the greater good. This greater good consisted of freedom for America and other countries we protected. With so many wars in American history (over 16) there is one group of soldiers that have participated in every war America has taken part in. They are called the Buffalo Soldiers. They were one of the most influential
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Upon entering the Philadelphia Museum of Art‚ the immediate visual effect of the architecture and large columns peaked my interest‚ while shifting my view towards the seven different exhibits. After analyzing the map to choose a section to start‚ the closest was American Art. This wing featured galleries featuring Philadelphia realist painter Thomas Eakins. The dark nature of the paintings was accented by dim museum lighting‚ adding to the effect of an electricity-deprived society. Haunting paintings
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Hospital is a place where we find only the sick and the disabled. The smells of medicines‚ the sight of the doctors and nurses running here and there‚ and wheelchairs rolling from one end of the hospital to another is all that we see in a hospital. The aura is ever so depressing and disheartening. Some people even get nausea or faint with the effect of the pungent smells hanging in the very air of the hospital premises. Once when my grandfather was very seriously ill‚ and was hospitalised I
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the University of Mississippi Museum in Oxford‚ Ms in the exhibition Apocrypha. Apocrypha translates to “hidden writings” and it is editable in Lotts work. Many of the artworks on display are crafted of materials gathered in Mississippi. These materials appear old‚ torn‚ and trash‚ but Lott sees them as pieces of a story just waiting to be told. They were once someones procession who lost them or got rid of them‚ and they were found and granted a
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Julian Chavez Astronomy 10 De Anza Fujitsu Planetarium Experience On November 10 I went to the De Anza Fujitsu planetarium to see one of their weekly Saturday night astronomy shows. At first I was expecting a theatre with an open ceiling and being able to observe and talk about the stars‚ but when I got there I soon realized it was just a dome room. But‚ this wasn’t just any dome room‚ it ended up having a star projector in the middle which illuminated the dark room with stars of how the night
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Humanities 100 Mary Cassatt is the artist chosen to be showcased in my museum exhibit. She is well known for her paintings of women and children. The way this exhibit will be set up is the growth of a child and the different daily activities a mother takes part in. A museum is going to play a role in how the exhibit is seen. It is important that the exhibit be planned out and organized to appeal to the visitors. Museums play crucial roles in our modern societies. The exhibit will showcase the
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Shanzay Salman ASSIGNMENT: IMPORTANCE OF MUSEUMS- Sheilla Bhatti Sheila Bhatti argues for the construction of a more inclusive national identity. According to her museums can help in creating and promoting the idea of a new‚ more inclusive Muslim identity (both internally and externally) in the Pakistani society today. Identity- (a classic and modern perspective) Although defined by Giddens as the capacity to keep a particular narrative going‚ it must also be looked at as a site
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