Museum Synthesis Museums bring history and culture to life by allowing individuals to gain unique hands on experience that is different from learning from textbooks or television. One can never know the reality behind certain artifacts and art until they see it for themselves. The perception of viewing a multitude of replicas and pictures such as the Mona Lisa can be dramatically different from witnessing the painting up close. The interactive experience allows one to engage and immerse ourselves
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restaurants‚ little places to shop and most important educational places like the Museum of Tolerance. I chose the museum of tolerance to write my new assignment for my class because the name fascinated me and it is a place where I can go with my family. This museum gives examples of tolerance to its visitors by the setups it has inside. The museum is located on the west side of Los Angeles on Pico Boulevard. To enter this museum is not easy‚ they have checked by security two times before you go inside
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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. In the beginning‚ we learned the history of this museum. This museum is made up of a private collection from the Thyssen-Bornemisza family‚ and both the privatization and time period make this collection unique. The collection includes many landscapes‚ still lives and genre paintings‚ but not many portraits. The family was extremely wealthy from their success in the industrial world‚ so they were able to purchase a vast amount of artwork. Lastly‚ the museum is located in Madrid
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There have been museums that let the public in on the history of African Americans in this country for years‚ but it has never been done like the newest museum: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). In September of this year‚ the museum finally cut the red tape after breaking ground in 2012. This expansive museum contains nearly 37‚000 artifacts that various prominent figures and people from the African American culture donated to address the history of
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Tanner Wiest Period 1 2/26/12 Enrichment Utah Museum of Fine Arts On February 25‚ 2012‚ I went to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. There was a traveling art exhibit from Syracuse University Art Galleries that would be there till March 6.. The exhibit contained eighteen pieces of artwork by Georges Rouault. The exhibition is of his Cirque de Letoile Filante project‚ which consists of pieces centered on the single theme of a circus. His style of art would fall under the
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The Clarke Historical Museum gives a glimpse to our past‚ run by the love and dedication of people proud to teach and shows a piece of history. The Clark Museum is the largest Humboldt County museum and holds a large collection of northwest Native Indian artifacts from a variety of tribes. One hundred years ago the Bank of Eureka opened its newly constructed building‚ presently known as the Clark Museum. The property including the Clark Museum was originally homestead in the 1860s later in 1871
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and the importance of preventing genocide‚ the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was founded in Washington D.C. in1993. It is ironic how the museum is located among monuments and museums that symbolize freedom on the National Mall. The “Holocaust which occurred elsewhere but which is of universal significance” (Ruffins) was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews in Europe. The mission of the museum is “is to advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve
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St. Louis City Museum I know it’s impossible to turn back time‚ but don’t you wish that you could relive your childhood? Last week‚ during my visit to the St. Louis City Museum‚ I got a chance to do just that. Today‚ in this speech‚ I’ll take you on a short tour of the City Museum. As I walk you through this tour of the museum‚ I’ll focus on three things: the building style‚ the different attractions‚ and my overall experience at the City Museum. Let’s start with the building style‚ or architecture
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On November 12‚ 2015 I visited the gallery Lyric Modern created by an exceptional artist named Hal Marcus at El Paso Museum of Art. My first thoughts of visiting a museum were “boring”‚ “unexcited” and I just imagined myself going one work of art to another and describing it as if it was the textbook. As soon as I stepped into the museum my whole perspective changed‚ and at the end of the visit I had a different mindset. Lyric Modern was an outstanding exhibition‚ I did not only describe each composition
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James Gleason ART 203: Art History I Instructor: Patricia McDonald April 5‚ 2017 ART 203 Museum Report Museum #1: Detroit Institute of Arts (www.dia.org‚ Detroit‚ Michigan) Museum #2: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology – University of Oxford (www.ashmolean.org‚ Oxford‚ England) Museum #3: Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo (MUAC) (http://muac.unam.mx/‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico) Artwork: The Detroit Institute of Arts contains over 60‚ 000 works of art including art from Africa‚ Oceana‚ the
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