identity. This may be due to the fact that the media manipulates this transfer of knowledge to ensure we agree with certain ideas and experiences. A Man with Five Children by Nick Enright and the documentary An Inconvenient Truth composed by Davis Guggenheim explores how living within the global village can alter an individual’s identity and specific choices resulting in both limiting and extending their individual freedom. Media has the power to reshape individual choices which can have a negative
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Post Modern attributes of the de young museum: History: The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 damaged the old de Young museum building located in Golden Gate Park and uncovered severe seismic flaws in the building and hence a comprehensive plan to rebuild the building in stages was overtaken to make the de Young museum up to date. In January 1999 the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron were chosen to rebuild the De young museum‚ due to their willingness to engage in an extended process of architectural
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of news about Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) drew my attention. It said that this nonprofit museum suffered decreasing investment and donation since the worldwide financial crisis in 2008; indeed‚ it lost about 18% money. It is no doubt that the great power of financial crisis damages the development of nonprofit museums‚ which rely on the endowments and donations from the individuals‚ institutions‚ government‚ etc. There may be some negative expectation on the future of nonprofit museums because of the
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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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