Introduction The World War II Museum and Pearl Harbor are two iconic sites that offer visitors a profound glimpse into the events that shaped the course of history. As a history enthusiast, I recently had the opportunity to visit both places, and I was captivated by the rich narratives and immersive experiences they provided. In this narrative overview essay, I will share my journey through the WW2 Museum and Pearl Harbor, highlighting the significance of these sites and the impact...
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Designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao building represents a magnificent example of the most groundbreaking 20th-century architecture. With 24,000 m2, of which 9.000 are dedicated to exhibition space, the Museum represents an architectural landmark of audacious configuration and innovative design, providing a seductive backdrop for the art exhibited in it. Almost from the moment it opened in 1997, Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, with its distinctive titanium curves and soaring glass atrium, was hailed as one...
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The strength of a museum’s delivery and its message relies heavily on what they are displaying. Human culture and artifacts are largely diverse and spread across many mediums; with specialized museums branching out, it is our duty to ensure each piece finds its appropriate home. Museums have the right to be selective as to what they accession. The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Collection Policy states its purpose as follows, '...collect and maintain a depository of biological, archaeological, and ethnographic...
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1.0 Introduction An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art. Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection.1 Museums, galleries and science centers are experiential environments. They provide people with resources to have memorable experiences. These resources include works of art like paintings and sculptures as well as hands-on and computer-based interactives and highly advanced installations. It is largely assumed...
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Introduction The term “Museum” originally derived from the Greek word meaning the “Sanctuary of the muses”. The Museum’s first duty is to survey, collect documents and preserve genuine objects and information, may it be any field of specialization. The other aspect is to utilize them for the research and education for the present and future generations, for which the museums as a custodian of information and artifacts have a chief responsibility1 While describing the museums of the first decade of...
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Museum of London History ”Created by act of Parliament in 1965, the Museum of London brought together the collections of two well-established museums, the Guildhall Museum and the London Museum. The former, founded by the Corporation of London in 1826, housed many archaeological discoveries of the previous two centuries from Roman and medieval London, the Hanbury Beaufoy collection of tradesmen’s tokens, and material relating to the city guilds and livery companies. The London Museum, which opened in 1912, had been...
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Last week I had an opportunity to visit a famous art museum in Iowa. It was the Figge Art Museum in downtown Davenport. I’m not a fan of art but visiting a museum has always been an enjoyable experience for me. I wasn’t surprised to see all kinds of people speaking different language from different backgrounds and some from foreign countries. The building of the museum is awesome and a source of attraction. The staff is helpful and knowledgeable. The...
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This business report suggests the proposed strategic alliance for the Natural History Museum for the 2020-2025. Natural History Museum is one of the renowned museums which was in joint venture with the British Museum but lately due to the space insufficiency and separation of the stakeholders the Museum was lately known as the Natural History Museum. Further will discuss the analysis of the museum alliances pros and cons of the museum. INTRODUCTION Natural History Museum was originally part of the...
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While going to CCS I began to take an interest in the DIA’s daily activities I’ve seen happening outside the building. The sight of school busses and the lineup of cars of parents dropping off their kids. I always wanted to research how students or the regular visitor connect religious practices and its museum practices. I knew right away that the most crucial part of my ethnography would be to capture the personality of the museum the most. As to...
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Introduction The world is over taken by a digital age. Everywhere you go you see adults, teenagers and children walking around with their eye on a screen instead of the world around them. Even in museums, displaying our creative history, children only pay attention to their smartphones. But can we blame them? Looking at a still image on the wall or battling spaceships with a tiny screen in your hands, that’s an easy choice for a child. So, how are...
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Introduction The question “Do museums still need objects?” is a provocative question that intrigued me to review the existing literature on museum objects. I wanted to determine whether there exist arguments in favor of objects being in museums, or whether they have completely become redundant in the world of museums. I could not believe that museums can exist and function without having any objects in them at all. Nonetheless, after a thorough review of some of the existing literature on...
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In a recent year in the museum industry, with the increase of the operating expense, most art museums have put more effort in attracting more audiences since the admission revenue plays an important role in the total revenue of a museum. From 1990 to 2010, the cost of serving art museum audiences such as the operating and program expense was gradually increasing. According to the AAMD Statistical Surveys, the average operating budget per visit in museums has increased from $21...
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Museums Heritage and Society In 1980s museums were majorly small-scale ventures which were devoted to numerous topics but the commentators focused on large organizations. The independent organizations were concerned with the previous industrial past of the museums. The independent sector, as a result, was associated with heritage as opposed to established public museums. Britain is experiencing cultural booming with new heritage and museums opening at a fast rate as people pick up their heritage trails. The museums are now considered...
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On 28th June 2019, Friday, I participated on a short trip with my classmates from the course MPU3412 Social Responsibility to the local heritage-preserving museum called the Muzium Negara, which provides an overview of the rich Malaysian history and culture over the past sixty years. As a matter of fact, Muzium Negara or the National Museum building was established and inaugurated by His Majesty the 3rd King of Malaysia on 31 August 1963, six years after the independence of the...
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What is a Modern Museum? Museums are not all alike, as a comparison of traditional and modern museums shows. The differences have been discussed by a surprisingly wide range of people, including curators, museum theorists, heritage academics and art historians (Abdelfattah, Fisher & Fountain, 2017; Bennett, 1995; MacDonald & Alsford 1995; Mccarthy, 2013; Noordegraff, 2004; Schorch, 2010; Schorch, Mccarthy and Hakiwai, 2016; Weil, 2004; Witcomb, 2003). Traditionally, the role of the museum was as a space in which material treasures...
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Tourism Northern Ireland’s new brand is to promote Northern Ireland both Internationally and on the Island of Ireland with the aim of increasing visitor numbers and ensuring economic impact across all regions of NI. The city has a wealth of history and a treasure of heritage sites living and displaying the endearing and captivating times of the city. Museums in Northern Ireland (& Number of Museums) The report done by (Tourism Northern Ireland, 2019) shows that 46% of visitors had...
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