You were involved for several years as a committee member in the Museum Computer Group‚ a group interested in the relationship between the museums and digital technologies. In what ways‚ do you feel that digital technologies can further develop to enhance the future prospects of Museums? The Museum Computer Group is an open and interesting group. I was involved in a couple of their conferences and some of their meetings and it was really interesting. What I found quite frustrating‚ quite difficult
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laboratories and study rooms which are given functionality through the servant spaces (Manrique‚ 11/08/04). This concept was practiced through out most of Kahn ’s career‚ but is most notable in his ingenious designs of the Salk Institute and Kimbell Art Museum. The Salk Institute located in La Jolla California is of the most unusual nature. The building is set up into two large towers separated by a large concrete courtyard. The building is arranged in this way because one side of it faces the ocean
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National Museums of Kenya Strategic Plan 2009-2014 NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA where heritage lives on a Century of Heritage Management 1910-2010 National Museums of Kenya Strategic Plan 2009-2014 Published 2009 National Museums of Kenya P.O Box 40658- 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel; (02) 3742131/4‚ 3742161/4 Fax: 254 -2-3741424 Email: nmk@museums.or.ke Website: www.museums.or.ke Citation: National Museums of Kenya (2009). Strategic Plan 2009-2014 Nairobi‚ Kenya. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms
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the American museum of Natural History on February 2‚ 2006‚ from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. The purpose of the evening was to acquaint teachers with the Museum’s Darwin exhibition and to offer methods for using it to enhance classroom instruction. The event took place in the Hall of Reptiles and Amphibians and the exhibition in Gallery 3. Darwin is organized by the American Museum of Natural History‚ New York (www.amnh.org)‚ in collaboration with the Museum of Science‚ Boston; The Field Museum‚ Chicago; the
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With regard to a hospital‚ a state university‚ and a museum‚ define (a) a possible primary aim‚ or goal‚ of each‚ (b) some of the constraints under which they operate‚ and (c) the relationship of (a) and (b) to the study of managerial economics. Name of Firm Primary Goals Possible Constraints We‚ the San Pedro Hospital community of health workers commit to: • Provide the best quality and compassionate health care services in satisfying all individuals with respect and reverence of their person;
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1. Why‚ according to Abram‚ are conversations about immigration important in the context of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum? Abram says conversations about immigration are important due the lack of knowledge Americans have today about how their ancestors immigrating to the U.S. is very similar to why immigrants come to America today. Not only why immigrants came to America but what was life like. It looks like Abram wanted to fix the social norm of fear and hatred to immigrants today but found
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It Belongs In A Museum Is it worth losing millennia of history just to satisfy a few million for a few years? Museums are responsible for holding many of history’s important artifacts‚ and are one of the more substantial sources to learn about the past. However‚ recently‚ numerous museums have come under fire for not returning artifacts to countries that have a claim on them. Despite demands from multiple countries‚ museums should not send back artifacts due to it being irresponsible‚ and unsafe
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book‚ that illustrates what life could be like if a flue destroyed most humans. The book describes an area called the Museum of Civilization‚ which is a museum which collects things that lost their worth in the pre-collapse. The item which would be best suited to be exhibited at the Museum of Civilization would be a dusty baseball mitt. This item would be well suited for the museum due to the history which pertains to baseball. This will remind those whose who were alive before the collapse‚ of the
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My First Brush with an Art Museum Being a fairly artist person for my entire life‚ I feel like it is a little weird that I have never been to an ‘art museum’. I grew up with a very artist mother‚ who did a lot of carvings and even won prizes for some of her carvings‚ and I believe that artistic talent rubbed off on me as well. I have always had interest in art‚ and strived in high school where I was placed in advanced art‚ painting and drawing classes. These days‚ I have traded my pencils and
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Northwest Museums In James Clifford’s essay‚ “Four Northwest Coast Museum: Travel Reflections‚” the appearance of tribal art and artifacts‚ some grouped with modern art‚ in several museum galleries comes under fire. He very critically addresses such museum’s attempts to classify and reclassify primitive art and modern art into one by pointing out only vague similarities. Clifford also highly objects to one museum’s‚ the Museum of Modern Art‚ use of the word ‘affinity’ in a gallery held in 1984 entitled
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