Museology

changing people and customs to a larger audience in eco-museums, other historical institutions have frankly missed the mark. “The ‘new museology’ started with the intention of introducing a new philosophy around how museums function and a changed relationships between museums and their societies and communities” (McCall and Gray 2014). The framework suggested in the museology based on how a new function of museums can be achieved, really leaves one to ponder just how effective the application of literature

Case study 3: Social action at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Ruth J. Abram, who wanted to create a museum centered upon an experience common to the majority of Americans, founded the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Abram believed that the immigrant experience was something that diverse groups of people could relate to and unite together on, moving Americans “to participate in a national conversation with similarly situated, contemporary immigrants and other ‘outsiders’”(Abram 2005:21). As

Accounting can be done in several different ways and the way it is done may result in consequences for organizational behavior and management. (O 'Hare, n.d.) One issue is the failure of museum to capitalize their collections and report them as assets. According to the Australian Accounting Standards, annual general-purpose financial reports will be misrepresented if heritage and collections are included as assets. One of the criteria’s of an asset is to bring future economic benefit. The question

A Pyramid of Learning: Creating the Exhibits of Tomorrow within the Boston Museum of Science Science museums are a dying breed. With the continuous reliance on the internet, museums are losing relevance. But there are some things the internet can not provide, things that must be focused on in order to make a successful museum exhibit. Certain aspects of exhibits that are unique to the museum experience, such as interactivity with both the exhibit and with other observers, should be focal points

The final body of literature I want to give notice to is the literature pertaining to how museums are arranged by curators and other museum staff to effectively display their artifacts. I wish to dive into this literature because part of my own research will be examining how the curators of the Cleveland Museum of Art decided to arrange their ancient Greek exhibit. This pool of literature will help guide me in different ways to interpret the set-up of the exhibit, the placement of the objects and

1. What are, in your opinion, the characteristics of the museum idea? As I remember from my travelling experience, a museum exists in each city, even the smallest one and sometimes even in villages. Visiting a museum at least once a year is a compulsory part of any school programme in my country, Russia. However, what is a museum? What are reasons for its existing? Who and how chooses display units for exhibitions from the huge variety of items in the world? All these questions can be answered

Much of the human experience is shrouded in mystery, but that has not dissuaded numerous historians and anthropologists from attempting to unravel the finer elements of culture. One such focus has been the items human beings have been consuming since the beginning of organized society. This focus is responsible for one of the most interesting and compelling exhibits ever put together by the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver Campus. This exhibit, appropriately

Visiting the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian was a great experience. At first walking into the museum we found there to be many artifacts and examples of the Indians used in their daily lives. Walking around the museum it was nice to see all the items we spoke and read about in class. My first impressions were that the museum would be born but seeing and reading about something is very different and being able to capture the real beauty of Indian lives was a great experience. In class we

The VMFA stores a diverse selection from many periods, from the awe inspiring and dramatic works of the Mughal Empire to the ecclesiastical leaded glass windows of the famous Louis Tiffany. I have always had a passion for the arts and thrived on the atmosphere of the museum.I have many fond memories from my summer interning in the Education Department with Jessica Bauserman. As a “Teen Tern,” I and three other students were chosen from a plethora of applicants that had been enrolled in the Museum

The museum I have visited during my time was The Haggin Museum located in Stockton, California. Although I had a very brief visit at the museum the layout of each room was very well thought out. The three main images that I have found found very interesting are the Noonday Meal by Daniel Ridgway Knight, Harlequine by Jean Beraud and Les Halles also by Jean Beraud. This paper will discuss the formal characteristic of each artwork and will also be compared to some of the artworks studied and discussed