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    Lueem Samsung Museum of Art. Completed: 2004. Architects: Mario Botta‚ Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhas. Location: Hannam-dong‚ South Korea. Site area: 6274 square meters. Floor area : 21797 square meters. 1- General description about the whole museum: Samsung museum was built for several purposes‚ such as‚ presenting the traditional art‚ showing the beauty of Korea and the powerful of the international art. However‚ the museum is a collection of two museums and one center. The first museum was designed

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    Museums play an important role in both production and legitimisation of historical knowledge and identities. (Desforges and Maddern‚ 2004.) However‚ the impressions and perceptions that individuals receive in a particular place‚ can differ from person to person. In this section of this assignment‚ I will discuss the approaches and ideas that led me to my own impressions of the place I visited‚ the Hancock Museum. Within the museum the first approach I took was in ascertaining what representation

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    Msheireb Museum Analysis

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    Introduction- Msheireb Museums located in the Msheireb properties in downtown Doha. This museum is built over historic heritage houses which were renovated and converted into the museum. The aim of this museum is to “reveal unique aspects of Qatar’s cultural and social development and inspire to create trusted environments in which the people of Qatar will engage‚ converse‚ and exchange thoughts about both their past and their future” (Msheireb Museums booklet). This museum is divided among four historic

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    Sandy Kang EN10 1-4 Mrs. Reis The Museum of Vain Endeavors In the short story‚ “The Museum of Vain Endeavors‚” the author sarcastically points out humanity’s fixation on human failures. Also‚ he suggests that mishaps rather than paying tribute to successes and achievements. Humanity’s fixation on human failures is based on one’s trying to something with the best of intentions‚ but is really meaningless. In the beginning of the story‚ a man as a narrator

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    University Art Museum

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    As far as the article went‚ there were two directors for the University Museum after the founder passed away. It started as a small‚ personal collection that happened to be held at the University and only the owner’s friend were invited to view the small collection of art. Once the collection was passed on to Miss Kirkoff‚ she found the collection too valuable to be hidden away and thought that it should be shared and expanded upon for the greater good of the University. She thought it should be

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    The Museum of Tolerance and The Swastika Maria A. Kreit Anthropology 101 Dr. Raffaella November 30‚ 2011 Abstract This essay is about my first experience at the Museum of Tolerance. Although the museum was very informative‚ the one main detail that it did not have was many actual artifacts. It had a few artifacts‚ but none that were noteworthy or interesting in regards to history. My experience in the Museum of Tolerance mostly focuses on the holocaust exhibit of the museum‚ which then

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    Mississippi Museum Essay

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    the University of Mississippi Museum in Oxford‚ Ms in the exhibition Apocrypha. Apocrypha translates to “hidden writings” and it is editable in Lotts work. Many of the artworks on display are crafted of materials gathered in Mississippi. These materials appear old‚ torn‚ and trash‚ but Lott sees them as pieces of a story just waiting to be told. They were once someones procession who lost them or got rid of them‚ and they were found and granted a

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    3.3. The Museum of the Moving Image‚ New York‚ US Information for this section is taken from http://www.movingimage.us/ 3.3.1. Online Collections – Description and Analysis The collections database is found directly via the ‘collections’ button on the homepage of the museum’s website. The visitor is redirected to the online collections portal‚ which has the options ‘browse’ and ‘for researchers’ (see Image 16). This indicates that the potential user that the museum envisions may either come from

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    Philadelphia Museum Essay

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    Philadelphia museum of art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It is located along the west side of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The museum was established in 1876 and stocks more than 227‚000 objects. There are over 200 galleries that span over 2000 years. Each year the Museum puts on 25 or more exhibitions‚ an example being Salvador Dali. The main building of the museum is visited by more than 800‚000 people annually. This museum was not always an art museum. It began as a

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    have been offered a short period placement in the National Maritime Museum. As part of my team projects in the Marketing Department‚ I have to produce a brief report to describe the marketing mix of the organisation in order to examine different aspects of marketing. The National Maritime Museum located in the heart of Greenwich where is home to historically buildings and most important national collections. It is the museum itself and also is a visitor attraction‚ which is funded by the Government

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