Over the summer I was lucky enough to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington‚ D.C. Although it’s hard to believe‚ the most impactful object I saw in the museum was an old‚ barely visible footprint! Obviously‚ there were numerous important artifacts I saw that day‚ but that footprint helped teach me the importance of always offering as much help as one can give. About midway through the museum‚ a timeworn train car was arranged as a doorway to the next exhibit. Despite the
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SALAR JUNG MUSEUM -HISTORY The Salar Jung Museum was established in 1951. The major portion of the collection of the museum was acquired by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan‚ popularly known as Salar Jung III. In the absence of any direct descendants of Salar Jung III‚ the Government of India appointed a Committee to administer the Salar Jung Estate. Later on with the idea of perpetuating his name‚ the Salar
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Danielle Burbank Dr. Lee LC22 ANT201 23 February 2017 The Lightner Museum: A Window into the Gilded Age The Lightner Museum in St. Augustine contains several exhibits that accurately reflect American culture in its Gilded Age. From stained glass windows to rusted railroad tracks‚ this brilliant museum offers a window into late 19th to early 20th century American lifestyle. Museums and their artifacts are often used as resources to ethnographic research‚ which is what our classroom attempted
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TPAD – National Museum CHAPTER 1 PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION The National Museum of the Philippine is the official repository established in 1901 as a natural history and ethnography museum of the Philippines. Some of the historical artifacts‚ instruments‚ and other things came from Philippine ancestors. One of the things that are restored here was the Spolarium 1884 a National Cultural Treasure by Juan Luna. National Museum has a very important role in our country to preserve the
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Museums are a perfect way to represent what history has unfolded for the public’s eye. Consideration needs to be made when a person is shopping for fragments of history such as arts or artifacts. A main consideration is profit; however‚ there are consequences if the museums does not make enough money. If a museum does not make enough money‚ this could suggest that people are not interested in taking tours throughout the museums anymore‚the new age of technology is taking over. What happens after
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quirky fusion of kinship‚ locality‚ experience and even spirituality. There is no rule book on how to belong so it must be frequently improvised. Peter Skrzynecki communicates the concept of belonging through his poems ’10 Mary Street’ and ‘In The Folk Museum’ by using such techniques as similes metaphors and person pronouns and I‚ Frank McCourt‚ communicate my ideas on belonging in my biographical novel‚ ‘Angela’s Ashes’‚ through the use of analogy and allusion. By using similes it allows Skrzynecki
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of people about the dangers of hatred 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
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Reaction paper to the National Museum of the Philippines The outside architecture of the museum says it all. It was built really for a special reason. And that reason is to be a home to our country’s most phenomenal items like paintings made by our national artists‚ fossils of our great ancestors and many more. And as I tour the inside of it‚ the more I understand things my MAKABAYAN‚ SIBIKA‚ A.P. and HISTORY teachers are saying. It really helps a lot in my understanding. It’s like coming alive
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BOLLYWOOD MUSEUM‚ MUMBAI The museum for Indian cinema referred to as BOLLYWOOD MUSEUM‚ is an initiative by Ministry of film and broadcasting‚ Govt. of India to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema. The aim of project is to enlighten the people and future generations about the glory of our cinema industry and enlighten them about the people who made our country the largest cinema industry of world. As per the brief from the ministry‚ the major exhibits in the museum would be: Artefacts‚ equipments
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Theoretical context “There is no escape from the politics of our knowledge.” This chapter will focus on state of the art theory regarding museums in a global perspective‚ but also museums in a post-Apartheid context. A number of concepts have already been mentioned that warrant explicit explanation due to the nature of the terms. The concept of ‘museum’‚ ‘heritage’‚ ‘community’ and ‘identity’ are broad enough to warrant explanation within the context of this paper. These concepts have been unpacked
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