Museum Report The Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum and Veterans Archives was established in February 2007. The Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum and Veterans Archives is comprised of African American murals, artifacts, photographs and art work that tell the African American story. The museum is also one of the largest in the south with over eight galleries that consist of over 20 original murals, original art and artifacts all from African American inventors and artist. The museum housed some of the most famous African American pioneers and war heros such as the Buffalo soldiers also known as the Negro Calvary the name buffalo soldiers was given to the African American soldiers for many different reasons, “one, it is said…
Then I walked into another room, which has a big replica of Schooner Diligence, which was involved in development of early navy towards defending American merchants ship from British, French and Barbary pirates. After touring the museum, I walked to the floating warship, Olympia, which was the earliest intact ship of the American Navy. The ship is well preserved and it gave us the image of how the ship looked like and worked back then. There are some rooms that were locked up and can only be seen through glass in order to maintain the original…
The Mission of the Tallahassee Museum is to promote knowledge and understanding of the Big Bend’s cultural history and natural environment, inspiring people to enrich their lives and build a better community. The Tallahassee Museum is a 52-acre nonprofit outdoor Museum located on beautiful Lake Bradford where history, nature, and, wildlife intersect to tell an intriguing story about Florida’s natural and cultural heritage. This unique Museum with its 1880s farmstead, historical buildings, live collection of native wildlife, and scenic grounds provides hands-on learning and entertainment for all ages. The internationally acclaimed exhibit, Jim Gary’s Twentieth Century Dinosaurs, also calls the Museum home.…
Museum curator: Hello everybody! Today we are going to take a look at the bedroom of Theodore Roosevelt. He was the 26th president of the United States and is known as one of the best. Today is actually just my first day as a tour guide, so go easy on me!…
Founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner and Joseph Coors, The Heritage Foundation is a conservative research and educational think tank based in Washington, D.C. Their vision for America is to build a country where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish. They plan on achieving this by promoting conservative policies based on those instilled by our founding Fathers, such as a strong national defense, individual freedoms, free enterprise, limited government and traditional American values. The Heritage Foundation has a variety of areas of research, such as American Leadership, Education, Family and Religion, HealthCare and Rule of Law. The Heritage is broken up into three institutes that specializes in fighting and…
During the “Can You See Me” event at the George Washington Carver Museum, I was presented with many different forms of art. Some of the arts presented were mosaic and portraits, all meaningful in some way. Artist, John Yancey, presented his art in two categories: One is his public art which includes “community-based murals, ceramic mosaics, and other commissioned large scale or monumental works in public places.” Yancey’s other art is categorized as drawings and paintings that were formed from his “traditional studio practice.”…
The museum began as J. Paul Getty’s private collection of art and antiquities. This was the basis of the museum and was located within J. Paul Getty’s house in 1954. Shortly after a museum wing was added onto the house along with a replica of an Italian villa meant to hold the collection. However, the museum did not open to the public until December 16, 1997. (cite)…
To further expand my knowledge on the history and expansion of Chicago. I chose to visit the Chicago History Museum to fully understand all of the information we have obtained in class. The Chicago History Museum was an eye opening experience due to the fact that it brought Chicago history to life. As I walked through the building my mindset automatically transported to the old aged Chicago city. The museum related to all of the information that we learned in class such as: The Indian Treaty, Pullman, The first L Train, The Chicago Fire, Union Stockyards, the innovation of packinghouses, iron and steel industries, The Great Migration, segregation and Jazz.…
The Art Institute of Chicago is a Museum and art school located in the Michigan Avenue near Grant Park, across Lake Michigan in Chicago. It is one of the most important art museums of the United States, along with the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It has one of the most important permanent collections of paintings of Impressionism and Post Impressionism in the world. Was founded in 1879 and was George Armour its first president. In 1893, the museum was moved to a Renaissance-style building designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, Boston.…
A week ago with my transition to Kean class I went on a visit to Liberty Hall Museum; this museum has been made a historical landmark of Union in hopes to continue to inspire and people to turn dreams into reality. Liberty Hall Museum has been the home to a very influential governor of New Jersey and later bought into the Kean family. When touring the museum the architecture immediately caught my attention. The beautiful hardwood floors were the first thing that I noticed as they squeaked louder with each step; continuing into the house the chandeliers in each room caught to light instantly and I was in awe. Today I would never imagine having a tea room, and separate sections where the children stayed and played away from their parents, and the kitchen kept at the bottom of the house.…
The American flag is a very special symbol to me. Soldiers have put their life on the line to earn the right to have our flag. The flag is so special to us that every morning we say a pledge to it. Recently people have not been very respectful to the flag. They have been setting it on fire and walking on it which is very disrespectful.…
In the late 1700’s a set of rules took into effect upon the United States creating a wholly new, more centralized form of government. A system in which replaced the failed Articles of Confederation that would promise the purpose to protect the natural rights for citizens known as The United States Constitution. Written from the thirteen states at the time, the founding fathers of the country, who were leaders and significant contributors in the U.S during the 18th century came together to establish a federal government for America delegating the government certain, limited and enumerated powers. Most would argue that the Founding Fathers were important historical figures that laid out the framework of a successful, democratic government. They were able to create a thriving nation,…
As President Abraham Lincoln cited in a speech, “‘a house divided against itself can not stand’”(Lincoln). This reference to a bible verse, Mark 3:25, characterizes American life in the antebellum era. Leading up to the Civil War, the United States was divided culturally between the North and the South. The main difference between the North and the South was rooted in the institution of slavery. By 1804, all Northern states had abolished slavery within their borders.…
American history is quite complex, specially the slavery part since it marks a before and after of the American history. From completely inequality to totally equality that black people could own slaves to freedom. The ugly word of “slaves” means the low status that a human could have. Slaves were not even considered persons so there for they didn’t have any rights, no rights at all since they were not even considered to be persons. They were not even allowed to have rights, properties, vacations, wages or even getting married or consume alcohol.…
Understanding the foundation of the United States Constitution and the development of our country is important when comprehending where we can go as a nation while reflecting on where we have been in the past. Deciding to do my research on, "The Founding and the Constitution," from chapter two of the textbook and after reviewing the website, http://www.earlyamerica.com, lead me to find that this website has wonderful documents and videos concerning the people who founded the United States of America. Recognizing the growth of America over the years and realizing the power our founding fathers left for us in the Constitution is vital for making decisions when having opinions related to present political issues. An example of power within our Bill of Rights that is not directly implied is the right to privacy.…