Acropolis Museum

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…

For the museum project, I chose to go to the Folsom History Museum. The museum was small and colorful. When you walked in, you could see a large quilt with lots of color and patterns. The museum was mostly about how gold in california was discovered, how people dressed, and how people survived. It also led into prison, and punishments they had. There was two separate rooms at the museum. One room was a Famous Baseball room and another room was for the museum itself. The museum had multiple items…

Academic Qualification for Art Museum Curators Curators are highly educated personnel in the art museums. Individuals seeking to become curators acquire a wide range of art collection for the organizations such as museum or history centers in addition to organizing and maintaining different forms of exhibitions. For one to become a professional curator, one is required to have a minimum of a graduate degree while work experience increases the preparation of individuals to serve. Along with…

The Keir Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas is one of the most mesmerizing exciting art exhibitions I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. This collection of Islamic Art transforms each object in spiritual and cultural symbols. Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, Senior Advisor for Islamic Art at the museum gathered a variety of textiles, books, metal jewelry, ceramics platters & bowls, paintings and even prints filled with typography. With its own diverse visual language, the Islamic…

Paine text defines a Museum as “a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserve, researches, communicates, and exhibit the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.” After a recent visit to The Pioneers Museum in Colorado Springs, I have concluded that this museum is a model example of the various ways in which today’s museum have change…

Museums can be a reliable resource for learning new information or seeing famous works of art. When securing a new piece of art for a museum, several factors must be considered. Among these are morality, truthfulness, and cost of the piece. They must all be considered together to have a successful piece of art for a museum. The truthfulness of a piece must be taken into account when acquiring it for a museum. The art should be an accurate representation of what actually happened, or at least…

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,…

Utilitarianism is ultimately concerned with the outcome that will produce the most positive result for the entire community. Museums are essential to educating our society about the good and bad in our past. In a 1999 lecture by Emmanuel N. Arinze it was expressed that museums “must become institutions that can foster peace, they must be seen as promoting the ideals of democracy…and transparency…they must become part of the bigger communities that they serve and reach out to every group in the…

paleontologist who moved often from New York's American Museum of Natural History, where he was curator, to lecture halls and also to visit far away fossil fields that weren't open to the public. His total understanding and grasp of the fossil record allowed for significant advances in theoretical evolution and taxonomy. To further explain the previous paragraph the reader must understand a few terms. A curator is in charge of keeping up with museum records and, in George Simpson's case, the…

After reading “Museum” by Naomi Nye, I think that the purpose of her essay is to convey the message that mistakes or embarrassing moments not only have an effect on you, but on the individuals around during the moment. To explain, “Museum” is about the author and her friend, who entered into the wrong house believing that it was the McNay Museum. It is not until the home owners bring it to the women’s attention that they are in the wrong place. During this embarrassing scene, the teenage…