Kalamazoo Valley Museum Report Alex Bicknell – History 2900: The Historian’s Craft Exhibit Review: Learning About Ancient Objects (Within the Mummy Exhibit) The Ancient Objects exhibit had a very standard set up. There was three large pieces‚ each centrally placed‚ surrounded by twenty two smaller objects. In this exhibit our eyes move from the centerpiece‚ the large necklace‚ to the larger figures to the left and right of the necklace‚ to the smaller figures from left to right‚ top to bottom. In
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The National Maritime Museum mission statement is “to illustrate for everyone the importance of sea‚ ships‚ time and stars and their relationship with people”. Swan (2012)‚ explained in her presentation that “this is the largest maritime museum in the world which attracted 2.45 million visitors in 2010 /2011 and 709.000 visitors just at the National Maritime Museum alone”. Museum is the place for learning‚ education and socialisation. Sources that contribute to museums’ earned revenue include
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Art Museum If you only thought the movie “Nights at the Museum” was hectic in its twisted realism‚ nothing is more real than deciding what the future beholds. Just like the characters in the museum was ship to the Smithsonian in the movie‚ so the identity of this well academically renowned university art museum management strategy has been shipped into dealing with a future dilemma of what purpose it will accommodate. In observation of the reading‚ it is obvious that this well-endowed museum is
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Professor Szpila WRT 100 23 July 2013 The National Air and Space Museum Stimulating the Mind The history of the United States is one of the most important in the world. Some of the most popular sources of our nation’s history are our museums. The collection of museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C had a total of 21.8 million visits by individuals in 2013 alone. The National Air and Space Museum‚ in particular‚ was the biggest contributor to these statistics; with
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incredible monuments‚ memorials‚ and museums was breathtaking. I made many new friends and received the opportunity to practice adulthood. It was an experience future 8th graders should obtain. Sightseeing in Washington was crazy. Seeing monuments‚ memorials‚ and museums in real life is unbelievable and emotional. While visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial‚ I could only imagine partial sadness of the 58‚000 families who lost a loved one. Also‚ at the Holocaust museum‚ I learned about
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Amy Lonetree’s book‚ Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums‚ analyzes Native American museums and how they interpret the difficult history of colonization in American museums. She uses the three examples of the Mille Lacs Indian Museum‚ the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian‚ and Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways to demonstrate the partial success‚ failure‚ and ongoing triumph of the museums. Over a span of about twenty years
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Final Paper on the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Formal System or Arrangement The museum was below the level of the city‚ which‚ given that it’s in the center of a geocultural triangle‚ makes it seem like the cultural foundation of the city. This idea is further supported since the museum was supposed to “let the inhabitants take their city back” and “get back their civic pride.” 1 There were steps that lead down to the entrance of the museum and in front of the entrance was an empty space called the
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when Holden is visits the museum of natural history with his younger sister Phoebe. He is so fond of the museum‚ in fact it is his favorite place. Holden states‚ “The best thing‚ though‚ in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Noboy’d move. You could go there a hundred thousand times‚ and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish” (Salinger 135). The museum is a symbol of holding on to innocence. Holden enjoys the museum so much because of the fact
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marble figures should be located. Although these famous statues originated in Greece‚ for the past two centuries‚ these historical pieces of artwork were not located in their homeland. Currently‚ they are being preserved and stored within the British Museum where they are displayed for many tourists and travelers from all around the world to see. Greece has requested to have them returned‚ which has in turn created an international conflict between England and Greece. Just like any conflict‚ there are
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Study on some significant characteristic of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Basic Information • HISTORIC NAME: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum • LOCATION: Street & Number: 1071 Fifth Avenue City/Town: New York • TIME: 1943-59 • FUNCTION OR USE: Historic: Recreation and Culture Sub: Museum Current: Recreation and Culture Sub: Museum • DESCRIPTION: ARCHITECTURAL CLASSIFICATION: Modern Movement MATERIALS: Foundation: Reinforced concrete Walls:
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