Museum education

answering the debate regarding the responsibilities that museums owe to society. In looking at the Association of Art Museum Directors and the Association of Art Museum Curators ethics and values there seems to be a pattern. Each association’s outlined principle reiterates their mission. Essentially, the ethics and values are being bused the method of achieving over all mission as an organization. For example, the Association of Art Museum Director’s mission statement is “advance the profession…

to visit museums. All museums have a purpose and mission statement set to bring the guest understanding or guideline on their collection of works. With the field trips into Los Angeles the two museums, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) both play an important role in the city. MOCA is a Museum for contemporary art, or a institutional major artwork and JANM an ethnical museum for Japanese Americans located in Little Tokyo. MOCA is a Museum set to…

Even without stepping into the museums themselves, an initial sense of what they are about can be felt. A waterwheel turns across Historic Tredegar, repurposed from Tredegar Iron Works that overlooks the James River. The Virginia Holocaust Museum provides a stark contrast as it blends in with other multi-story buildings in downtown Richmond, easy to overlook even with the parking lot that provides a sign for the museum. The museums both represent pivotal moments in history, whether specific to…

the machine. So in other words I can say that the museum is the machine that makes up move and see things in one particular way, but what if instead of us moving across the machine, the machine moves around us. Spaces that change, works of art with out any descriptions. A new way to view art. Jonathan Crary says that stereoscope changed the way people looked at the world, with the change of perspective. So why not change the paradigm of the museum with the same change of perspective, making…

Smithsonian museum is one of the world’s largest and diverse collections of American Indian. Smithsonian museum is located in Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C 20560. The architecture of museum is curvilinear. The museum designed in collaboration with tribes and communities from across the hemisphere. The architecture design process beginning in the early 1990s, the National Museum of the American Indian opened dialogues with Native communities and individuals across the…

After our trip to the zoo, we were given a tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This tour was customized to fit what we are attempting to understand as a class. We learned about the history of animals within art, not just in modern days, but throughout history. After this tour that gave us a lot of knowledge about the depiction and symbolism of animals, we were given the task to find 3 pieces of art that “spoke to us” and describe our reaction to these works. To me there were many pieces of…

in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Beginning their collection in the 1880s, the Met now carries an extensive compilation of the Japanese arts. With over 200 works of various compositions including folding screens, ceramics, scrolls, and clothing, this ten-room exhibit explores ancient Japan to the 21st century. Housed in the Eastern Asian section of the Met, the Japanese installation is nestled in a very long but smaller gallery, in comparison to the larger ones of this museum. Upon entering the…

The art museum that I was able to visit is called the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. This is a fairly small museum. It exhibited a peaceful ambiance. The arts it included were mostly paintings. Overall, I was not impressed with the museum. The museum displayed artists with a lot of bright colors that really jumped out at you. I personally prefer classical art over contemporary art. I feel that classical art has more of a calming feel to it. I also really like art from the Hellenistic…

There are plenty of museums in the world that are exciting to see. They can range from toys, wax, or even food. There is one museum in specific that catches the eye called the Houston Museum of Natural Science. This museum had ranked number five on the top ten museums of Houston (Houston Press March 7, 2013). There’s a reason why it has this ranking due to its unique exhibits such as displays of exquisite gems and minerals, the butterfly center or the Hall of Malacology, Hall of Ancient Egypt…

The Memphis Brooks museum contains a decent quantity of art pieces ranging from medieval to modern times. Within the selections of the museums art work many different mediums are used ranging from fibers, to oil based paints. Additionally, a person could sit there for many our admiring an extravagant amount of minuscule details and the effort put into each work. Each room within the museum contained a different location or era of artworks to observe and study. Furthermore, a large quantity of…