Museum Studies Midterm

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What was the article Death by Ethics by Mark Gold about?

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A museum in a financial crisis should close rather then sell its collection to secure a loan.

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what is an introverted museum

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tend to be most concerned with their internal functioning to be object centered in the senst that they experience the needs of their collection as being more real than those of the public

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what is an extroverted museum?

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people centered museums dominated by the neeeds of the public

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In The Manual of Museum planning by barry lord, what is discussed

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basic functions of running a museum, ect.

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Fill in the blank:

Even though he understands the nature of museums, the pupose of his own museum, and what the collections of his museum should inclde, the -------------- is not ready to collect until he knows how to make the records that preserve infomration about the museum objects under his care

Intro to Museum Work
Burcaw

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museum curator

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Caring for collections is part of the definition of a ------- museum. Since the collections make the msueum and the museum is suppose to last -------, the colelctions should be given meticulous care.
Intro to Museum Work
Burcaw

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real

indefinately

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-------- is the most important consideration in the administration of any museum.

Intro to Museum Work
Burcaw

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security

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What are some of the ethical issues brought up in Balancing Act by David carr?

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A Holocuast survivor discovers that a painting exhbitied in a museum may have been stolen from her family during the Nazi era. The survivor's attorney informs the museum. The painting, however, is part of a walthy donor's collection.

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In the University Museum and Galllery: A site for institutional critque and a focus of the cirriculum, what was discussed?

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Janet Marstine discusses the implication of grouping certain objects together and how this can affect the viewer. She gives the example of an experiment by the University of Minnesota students

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In Mission as Measure: Second Thoughts, what is discussed?

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Milton J. Bloch discusses how the mission statement does not always yield exactly what the museum stands for. Mission statements are always subject to change.

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What does the governing authority of a museum do?

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all those who works for on or on behalf of the museum undersand and support its mission and public trust responsibilities

its members understand and fulfill their trusteeship and art orporately, not as individuals

the museum's collections and programs and its physical, human, and finaiacial resources are protected, maintained and developed in support of the museum's mission

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what does the museum ensure according the collections?

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colletions in its custody suppport its mission and public trust responsibilities

collections in its custoryd are lawfully held, protected, secure, unencmbered, cared for, and preseved

collections in its custody are accounted for and documented

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what does the museum ensure acording to programs?

code of ethics

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programs support its mission and public trust responsibilities

programs are founded on the shcolarship and marked by intellectual integrity

programs are accessible and encourage participation of the widest possible audience consistent with its mission and resources

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How does Stephen Weil "rethink the musuem"?

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The Toothpick Museum

does not think about the public trust

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What are some important code of ethics in regards to curators and aquisition/disposal

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curators should review the objects in their collections periodically to assess their continued relevance to the museum's purposes and to evaluate their physical care

curators should not overstock or undersupply the collection

they must never purchase, even at public auctions, objects deaccessioned from their own institution's collections

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What should a curator do in regards to human remian?

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curators who have human remians must be aware of the peoples intimately involved or associated with these materials.

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What are some interesting dictohomies between fields of curators?

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Some art curators are expected to acquire museum qualitity works for their own collections; archeologyists, ethnogrpahers and natural scientists are geerally restricted in such activities in order to preserve scientific data.

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what was the artcile "museum baby" grows up by Tuliza Fleming about

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Being a Curator of color in a monochromatic art museum world

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what was managing things by john simmons about

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the different collections management policies

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according to smmons , what are the six basic principles for collection management

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1. each aquisition entering the museum should be documented

2. collections must be stabliized for long term preservation and housed in for proper storage

3. each individual collection element must be put in its specific place in the collection storgae array

4. the collections must be regulatly inventoried

5. the collections storage area must be monitored

6. all activities related to and monitoring the collection must be documented

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what was the article "the native universie and museums in the twentyfirst century" by west about?

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its about a aboriginal museum in the smithosian and how museums can change things

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what was the article "living homes for cultural expression" about?

by karen cooper

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about how different cultures are going to portray their stories differently.

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Marketing the King

by Julia Beizer

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discussed the King Tut exhibit and how it wore out the museum staff, got the place run down, and it tunred into a touristy spot

the pros and cons of blockbusters

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What was Exhibit Labels by Serrel about?

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this article discussed how museum labels should be interpreted.

exhibit labels should be interpretive, as in, the visitor should be able to make sense as to why these exhibits are important to them as visitors

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what are the pros and cons of a blockbuster according to Elsen?

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The pros are that it brings in revenue, but the negative is that there is less attention paid to other parts of the museum, and the staff becomes exhuasuted after creating such an exhibit.