A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific‚ artistic‚ cultural‚ or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Types of Museums vary‚ from large institutions‚ covering many of the categories‚ to very small institutions focusing on a specific subject‚ location or a notable person‚ categories include: fine arts‚ applied arts‚ craft‚ archaeology‚ anthropology
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Museums as rituals Scott Cunningham‚ a writer‚ once said‚ “Rituals developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world” (Ascension Gateway). This thought provoking quote could be used to spark the thinking of how rituals are practiced in our daily secular lives. Carol Duncan does a great job with showing how rituals are practiced in our secular lives; she uses museums to emphasize this point. Carol Duncan’s Civilizing Rituals: Inside
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Chapter One I. Background 1. Historical Development of a museum The word Museum derived from the Greek term “Museion” which means a place of inspiration and learning dedicated to the “Muses” nine Mythological Goddesses which ruled over the arts and sciences.1 According to the international council of Museums definition a Museum is “a non-profit making‚ permanent institution in the service of society and of it’s development and open to the public which acquires‚ conserves‚ researches
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As soon as you enter the Museum of Death Treasures you are greeted by someone and you are led in to the check-in booth of the museum. The room is dingy‚ dark and airy and divided into different sections‚ it is very dimly lit and you can feel a cool breeze as you go deeper inside. The tiles of the ceiling are brown that have gray squares on them and every couple of tiles has a sprinkler. At the far end of the room‚ you can see that there is a fire which is lighted in the fireplace. Close to the fireplace
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Title： A new way of science interpretation in museum -Taking a gallery at the Birmingham Science Museum as an example Science interpretation in museums has‚ until now‚ largely focused on the products of science-the technological artifacts of our scientific past and the scientific phenomena presented in hands-on galleries. Little‚ if anything‚ is said about the process of science- what it is‚ how it’s done‚ who does it‚ and why. This passage will take a new gallery based on
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EDUCATION BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Introduction The assignment is going to outline how ‘Eureka! A Museum for Children’ plays a part in learning outside the classroom environment. The museum will be examined to see how it plays a role in life-long learning. We define learning outside the classroom as: “The use of places other than the classroom for teaching and learning.” Every young person should experience the world beyond the classroom as an essential part of learning and personal development
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was the case in a poll conducted five years ago. During these past five years‚ the number of people visiting our city’s art museums has increased by a similar percentage. Since the corporate funding that supports public television‚ where most of the visual arts programs appear‚ is now being threatened with severe cuts‚ we can expect that attendance at our city’s art museums will also start to decrease. Thus some of the city’s funds for supporting the arts should be reallocated to public television
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displayed in our local museums. We enjoy glancing at them so much that when we finally exit the museum‚ we desire to see them again the next day in the same exact spot‚ as if they belong to the museum. Most of us forget the fact that these artifacts which we assume are owned by the museum have their individual histories and places of origin. Indeed it is a good thing for us to examine these artifacts and feel the cultural relevance that they behold‚ at our closest museums; however there are several
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of a museum. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (9–15). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. Working in a Museum Anna Cuss is a PA in one of the most important museums in London. She talks to Wendy Smith about her job. Since she took up her post a year ago as PA to the director of the Natural History Museum‚ Dr Neil Chalmers‚ Anna Cuss has become a source of knowledge on all manner of museum issues
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horrors of what it was truly like. The pictures and mannequins in the museum are put behind glass just like how the world views the bombing‚ trivializing how bad it truly was. The author uses specific language such as descriptive imagery and expressive figurative language in a somber poem “Welcome to Hiroshima” to persuade the audience that people can never understand the terror of the bombing and nothing can re-create it . No museums‚ pictures or words can describe what happen to the people of Hiroshima
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