Fieldwork assignment #2: Museum Ethnography I have always been interested in Japanese culture and traditions‚ so for my museum ethnography assignment I visited the American Museum of Natural History‚ where I chose the Stout Hall of Asian Peoples for further analyzing. Japanese culture is a very unique one‚ which differs from others; anthropologists refer to it as “a style”. There are a lot of interesting exhibits in the wing I chose; they all have different stories to tell. It was impossible to
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The 7‚000 ft.² Pennsylvania House Museum had many roles‚ once a local tavern‚ a boarding house‚ a general store‚ a doctor’s clinic and secondhand shop before falling into disrepair‚ The daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) decided to restore the dilapidated building‚ to make it into a house museum in 1939. The museum today is setup as a federal style‚ three story house‚ furnished with 19th-century furnishings and artifacts‚ which were discovered in basement excavations‚ and donated by previous
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Salvador Dali paintings outside of Europe‚ the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg should be a museum most people should get to know. The museum was first opened in 1982 and‚ it was rebuild and reopened to the public in January 11‚ 2011. The new museum hold 7 of 18 “masterpieces” created by Dali‚ and the private collection of A. Reynolds and Eleanor R. Morse‚ who became great friends with Salvador and Gala Dali. The path in the museum is mostly predetermined but there is always a way to make it
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to the Cummer Museum for my visit. This is where I went for my museum visit for Humanities I and I liked it so much I wanted to go back again. I was interested to see any of the new art that has been added to its collection since my last visit. Also the museum just had its 50th anniversary and had an exhibit of art that was purchased for its anniversary. I was also interested in the traveling exhibit they had set up which was Impressionism and Post Impressionism from the High Museum of Art. Here is
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Cited: Getty Museum Audio Tour: Claude Monet‚ Sunrise. Getty Museum Information Placard: Claude Monet‚ Sunrise. Sunrise (Marine). The J. Paul Getty Center Los Angeles. 24 April 2007
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The Museum of Innocence This is a 700 page account of Kamals obsessive love towards Fusun. Pamuk in this masterpiece reveals‚ In current era of speed dating and breakups true romance still has a relevance.Kamal is a wealthy Istanbul playbul who is going to enaged to Sibel and falls for 18 year old Fusun who is a distant relative.Those one and a half months kamal spends with Fusun are described as golden days in his lifetime.Meantime Kamal and Sibel gets engaged and Fusun disappears with her father
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Dear‚ Mother. Last week I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in the big apple. I wasn’t sure how it was going to be like since it was my first time going there. The museum was enormous with lots of art works from different locations around the world. My main focus was the Japanese arts‚ which was very fascinating. As I explored the room with the Japanese arts‚ I’ve stumbled upon a Buddha like figure sitting right beyond the door of the room. It was called Kaikei‚ Fudo Myoo from the early 13th
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The exhibit that I viewed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was one about European Art between the years 1100-1500. This was a series of paintings‚ sculptures‚ architecture‚ and tapestry of the Medieval and Early Renaissance as well as objects from the Middle East. This exhibit was an important part of the history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art because for the first time‚ Italian‚ Spanish‚ and Northern European paintings from the John G. Johnson collection were shown. It gave me a good idea
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TOPIC 1: RATES AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM QUESTION 1: (Taken from the DoE Physical Sciences Feb-March Paper 2 2009) Antacids are used to relieve indigestion. Indigestion is the condition when the stomach produces too much acid resulting in an uncomfortable and painful feeling. A certain antacid tablet dissolves in water and reacts with the acid in the stomach to release carbon dioxide gas. 1.1 Name the type of chemical reaction that explains why antacids bring relief from indigestion
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David Myoung Per 3 09/09/16 Museum Project When I went to the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art‚ I learned many things such as paintings‚ sculptures‚ models‚ etc. The museum was very interesting and amazing. If I do happen to get another museum project similar to this project‚ I would definitely come back to LACMA. One of my favorite exhibits is called “Penetrable”. This was made during 1990 by Jesus Rafael Soto. This creation is an example of the op/kinetic movement. Because this was made from industrial
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