Collection management includes the preservation, use of collections and the preservation of data as well as the way in which the collections support the mission and objectives of the museum. It is essential to know how to administer the collections to support the museum's action and to optimally exploit the technological and human resources. The present essay will focus on the following points of collection…
The Museum Act, created a museum within the Smithsonian for Native Americans. This act also began the requirement where the inventories of Native American goods within museums, along with the repatriation of such items were to occur. One part of inventorying items was to offer up information as to the origins of where the remains came from. The Museum Act was a vital first step towards the creation of NAGPRA (Thorpe, 2013: 24-25). This latter act applies to the repatriation of items, protection of burial sites along with cultural items, and the trafficking of Native American remains and cultural items (Thorpe, 2013:…
A visit to a museum is not just about the historical and educational gainings and stimulations, but also about entertainment, luxury and comfort. In an era where people cannot be separated from their smartphones, it is rare to be attracted by something older and traditional. The image plays a dominant role in attracting the public. For most individuals, it is preferable to examine the past while being inside of an exceptional modern environment rather than an old, former home. Thus, it is not about brand, it is about the whole experience, that unfortunately today must be accompanied by all those modern elements that rule people's daily lives and have become a plasmatic necessity.…
The Georgia Southern Museum features many exhibits, from the Archaeology of Camp Lawton to The Mosasaur. The Museum is a great place in which people of all ages can go and learn about different things that relate to the area surrounding Georgia Southern University. Georgia Southern being a very diverse place, there is much to be learned about the surrounding areas. The museum is a great place for children to go and learn also, not would they be excited but I was also very excited when I walked in. The Museum is an amazing place to learn about Camp Lawton.…
Chapters 8 – 11 1. How did Holden deceive Mrs. Morrow, the woman he met on the train? a. He told her that his name was Rudolf Schmidt, and she believed him. 2. What events in Chapter Nine revealed Holden’s desperate need for companionship?…
I believe that artists and history buffs are the museums intended…
The museum is dedicated to the study of the arts and offers many public programs. With multiple outdoor exhibits conservation is a main concern at The Getty. To understand…
The Art Museum as Ritual is an article written by Carol Duncan that questions the role and function of public museums. In this article, Duncan shows his dissatisfaction with the way museums use objects of art to come up with particular political meanings aimed at achieving a certain purpose. According to her, some nations came up with western style museums to be perceived as having desirable diplomatic or political allies. This essay summarizes the main ideas in the article by Carol Duncan, highlights my visit to a museum and analyzes two works of art stored in the museum.…
Do you think that a museum is the appropriate place to display religious art? How did the stories of violence and breakage affect how you feel about the display of relics from multiple religions in one facility or building? Would you visit this museum or one like it? Yes I believe that a museum is an appropriate place to display religious art.…
Love’s Vocabulary Essay “Love is a great intangible” was said by Diane Ackerman in the Essay Love’s Vocabulary. And she is right Love is something that is very difficult to grasp or explain. But love does have a lot of aspects. One of them that is over looked is inspiration. But it is one of the best ones.…
Traditionally, museums are considered secular sites in which curators display art objectively; however, in her work, “The art museum as ritual,” Carol Duncan examines how museums act as powerful entities which influence the visitors’ perception through the display, organization, and architecture of the space. She elaborates that the museum’s authority actually enables them to represent and define entire communities, which consequently shapes the visitors’ perceptions of said communities. Perhaps Duncan’s claim is best summarized as: “To control a museum means precisely to control the representations of a community and its highest values and truths… What we see and do not see in … museums and on what terms and by whose authority we do or do…
The publication “The Museum as Context” by Amy Tucker analyzes the environment of the museum and how culture and context is changed depending on the environment art is presented in. The purpose of art exhibitions is to show the audience an organized presentation of particular art pieces. The question raised in this chapter is whether the organization of the presentation is precise to represent each piece of work and does this representation distort the meaning of a piece. There are many ways art exhibitions are presented and displayed, from light to temperature. Exhibits can be considered a piece of art themselves due to the specific arrangements and methods of displaying items to connect the viewers with each piece of work.…
I have always had a passion for history and storytelling since I was a child and decided in seventh grade world history class that I wanted to be an archaeologist, discovering ancient cultures and uncovering their secrets. I maintained this plan, arriving at Boston University as an archaeology major but after several semesters of study realized that it wasn’t the exact path for me. I began to grow my appreciation of museums, admiring how they could ignite wonder, curiosity, and learning in myself and others. I realized this was where I felt most at home. Therefore, I decided to change my major to art history, while retaining an archaeology minor, and explore history through the lens of artist’s interpretations and ideas.…
This task was a difficult time for my double thinking in Spanish and English. When I saw a gender pronounce, I felt confusion and stress because in my first language everything has gender and the neutrality is a new subject as Latinxs movement. Then, this essay was a good exercise to use my neutral vocabulary. In this exercise also demonstrate of the complexity of human beings who has different identities not only in race or ethnicity, also the identification in affection orientation, gender and ally are really important to know and respect.…
INTRODUCTION Interactive learning is a learning system that combines together the effect of social networking and urban computing within the same curriculum. Interactive learning has become dominant from a round 2000 and this is due to the increase in the number of people involved in the digital technology and virtual communication. It is a system where the boundary between the educator and the learner means completely nothing and the educators can no longer be regarded as the keeper of knowledge but the facilitators of knowledge (Broadhurst & Machon, 2006).…