Museum of London

1. Problem description A common problem with museums today is that they place heavy emphasis on reading as a method of delivering information. While effective for many, there are specific groups of people that are either not capable of reading, struggle to read dense blocks of text, or do not have the attention span to read. The museum experience should be able to cater to as many groups as possible, and without reading the descriptive plaques, the experience is stripped to visuals with little…

From Emeka Ogboh’s soundscape in the African Art Museum to the spectacular Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian museums are wonderful places to explore. So a chance to intern at one is an opportunity that cannot be missed. I have the required skill set and mindset called for being a member of the Smithsonian intern team, and the reward for the time put into the program is worth it. School never bothered me. Starting in elementary school, I received all A’s with a few B+’s in the mix. But once…

The Facts For my first encounter I decided to visit The Fern Bank Museum of Natural History and explore the exhibit, “Reflections of Culture”. This exhibit is a permanent exhibit and allows one to learn about several civilizations around the world and their cultural similarities, differences and behaviors. I found the exhibit to be interesting, due to the fact that the exhibit displayed creative examples of contemporary and traditional forms of customs over eras of history. The varied forms…

This particular study abroad program encompasses so much of the history and craft that goes into my major. As an artist of the theatre, I need to be aware of the historical significance of theatre and the stories that have been written. Seeing, reading, and visiting monuments and plays will make the history that I’ve learned in class tangible. Attending productions will further allow my creativity as an artist to flourish with diverse genres of theatre that will be available on the trip.…

cultural event I visited the aSHEville Museum, specifically I went to see the “Her Nobel Words” exhibit. An exhibit honoring sixteen women who have fought to make the world a better place and have been honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. I have visited this museum once before and thought this exhibit would be an interesting and encouraging event to invest my time in. It is also something that relates to the gender discussion in Humanities. The aSHEville Museum focuses on encouraging and…

For my Museum report I chose to go to the Ralph Mark Gilbert Museum. Someone I knew told me this was one of the best museum to go to and they had a lot of information on Savannah way back in the days when slavery was around. The civil rights movement made Ralph the father. When I walked into the museum the first thing that caught my eye was the parts on segregation. They had information on how colored people were treated and how whites acted towards colored. I saw things about how black kids had…

Lloyd on Lemmy Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman remembers Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister. The following Lemmy tribute was written by Lloyd Kaufman: writer, director, producer, co-founder and president of TROMA Entertainment for Girls and Corpses Magazine. December 30th, 2015 was my saddest birthday. It was my 70th birthday and I was with the Guna Indians in very remote San Blas Islands when the news of Lemmy Kilmister’s death reached me. The loss of Motörhead legend Lemmy, on December 28th, 2015, had a…

The Museum of Natural History on the University of Iowa campus is located in the McBride Hall on the Pentacrest of the university. I arrived at the museum on a Friday afternoon around 1p.m., the building was mostly empty and the exhibit was easily accessible. I have been going to the museum since I was a child because it was a favorite of my parents. The museum had always kept me busy for hours at a time exploring and looking for things that I have not seen before. Since becoming a student…

always been fond of museums. However, besides on the island of the Commonwealth of Dominica, I have never received the opportunity to experience or admire another country’s museum. As such, this opportunity has not only been to complete a history assignment with excellence, but, it has allowed me to cling to the museum as it is now my favorite place at the Grambling State University. Furthermore, such experience has granted me the long-awaited chance to embrace another country’s museum. Above…

I have had vast extremes when visiting art museums. I remember going to the Nelson Atkins Museum as a high school field trip. After getting off the bus we were greeted by a docent that led us through the museum stopping at paintings of his choice and telling us about that painting and his opinions on it. While passing past others with just a brief description of the artist and art. There was no interaction, as students we were quiet, we listened, and we were quite bored. We never got a chance to…