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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Strengths: The Collections. The collection of the clyfford Still Museum far and away the largest collection of work by Clyfford Still on earth. The museum has more than 900 paintings in its collections and many have yet to even been unpacked. The museum has plenty of fodder for new‚ never before seen exhibitions of Still’s for decades to come. This means there will be something brand new to market 3-4 times a year. Repetition is rarely something that is done in marketing this institution‚ especially
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Sacramento History Museum During this on-campus event I went to the Sacramento History Museum. The Sacramento History Museum is the place where I purchased my membership for this class. The Sacramento history Museum is in downtown old Sacramento. In addition‚ the lens of history Presented by Dr. Cohen will be used to analyze the Sacramento History Museum (Cohen‚ 2015). In the Sacramento history Museum an observer can see primary and secondary sources. The portion of the history lens that will
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Petersen Auto Museum | Seven Miles The Petersen is considered the preeminent car museum in the country. With its recent $150 million renovation‚ it’s iconic eye-catching design makes it a must see on Museum Row on L.A.’s Miracle Mile. One unique feature that separates the Petersen Automotive Museum from other automotive museums is the constantly rotating exhibit spaces. To keep the museum fresh‚ relevant‚ and to keep visitors coming back‚ it was decided from the beginning not to display the entire
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In this essay‚ I will argue that ethnographic museums privilege viewing‚ at the expense of other senses. I will further argue that by privileging the visual‚ ethnographic museums become problematic in two ways- firstly‚ by not accurately representing the cultures they are supposed to be exhibiting‚ and secondly‚ by limiting the experience of museum-goers who may be visually impaired or otherwise unable to visit museums that are purely mono-sensorial. After outlining and discussing the problems associated
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Museum I’m going to tell about one of the oldest museum in Kazakhstan. West Kazakhstan Regional History Museum was founded in 1832. In his organization were directly involved well-known scholars of the time Karelin and Berg. Now the museum is located in the historical and architectural building built in 1879 in the eastern style of Russian-Kazakh school. The museum has its own branches: House-Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Mametova‚ House Museum of E. Pugacheva‚ The House-Museum
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The Museum of Curiosity project requires a symbolic donation of an object that represents an event that is historically important. My donation is a handpainted propaganda sign from the secret‚ government town of Oak Ridge‚ Tennessee. The decision to choose this as my donation was simple considering the way that the compound of Oak Ridge has changed both Tennessee and the world. But how does this particular sign represent the secrecy and importance of the goings on in Oak Ridge? This sign was constructed
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Chumash Indian Museum located in Thousand Oaks is located on land where the Chumash had their homes for thousands of years. This museum houses one of the largest collections of Chumash remains and artifacts. The museum covers the history of the Chumash people along with their culture and preserves and brings awareness to the Chumash culture. Some historical artifacts in the museum include‚ tools‚ basketry‚ glassware along with many replicas and scenes of Chumash culture. The museum covers so many
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prevent it from happening again. This article is about what was said at the dedication ceremonies for the Holocaust museum. There was a lot of personal stories of persecution and concentration camps‚ and it talked a lot about how there is still more people can learn from this event and a lot more people can do to honor those involved with this event. Throughout “ Holocaust Memorial Museum‚ April 22‚ 1993” Elie Wiesel uses a hopeful tone‚ a conflict between a person and society‚ and metaphors to show
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Meghan Leon Professor El-Attiq Ali 2/16/15 HUM Art Analysis Christina’s World is a painting set in 1948 by American painter Andrew Wyeth‚ and one of the best known paintings from the late 20th century. It illustrates a woman lying on the ground in a treeless‚ mostly orangey field‚ looking up at a gray house on the horizon with barns and small sheds across from the house. The young woman in the painting is Anna Christina Olson. It is said she suffered from polio (a muscular deterioration) that paralyzed
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