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Museum Methods, 2005.
An analysis of different methods of display and technique used in museums.
5,214 words (approx. 20.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 205.95
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This paper explains that methods and approaches adopted by museums reflect varying responses to the constraints placed upon them. The different restraints are discussed and include financial considerations, the nature of their real estate, their perceived audience, the nature of their collections, the role of scholarship and education in their mission, and the practical necessities of preserving and displaying the material artifacts of their collections.
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"While the challenges and logistics are present, the preservation of a historical building and land may prove to be more significant than any treasure that is housed in the building. Older architecture often requires additional structural support to provide a safe environment for visitors. It is often necessary to use restorative methods to enhance security measures, adjusting for the more primitive setting of an older building. Historic preservation of historic places is similar to the preservation work of many museum collections. Many museums and institutions work with the constraints of a historical building for the preservation of the regional history, and the added financial breaks that accompany the restoration of a historical building or monument and the listing of the institution in the National Registry of Historic places. Acknowledging architecture as history is important in our endeavors to preserve our society?s rich past. Many museums that are set in historical building utilized the setting to teach living history and interpretation of historical events. This form of interactional display provides engaging events for active public participation."
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UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2002.
This paper describes a visit to the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History highlighting a show entitled "Music in the Life of Africa".
1,755 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 1 source, AU$ 89.95
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This paper explains that the Fowler is a museum of culture rather than an art museum, and therefore it concentrates on the way culture is manifested by different peoples around the world. The author points out that the Fowler Museum is in a relatively new building on the north end of the campus of UCLA, but getting to the museum and close-parking areas are problems. This paper explains that the display of the artifacts in this museum differs from that in many museums; the visitor is not so separated from the objects being shown, but rather most objects rest on low platforms no more than a foot or so off the ground. The paper includes details of the "Music in the Life of Africa" exhibition.
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"Two of the current exhibits emphasize a continuing concern with how a culture makes use of its waste in artistic expression with shows on how certain materials are recycled for use in artworks. A second show has a similar theme but is more particularized as it shows "Muffler Men," or human figures made from discarded mufflers, usually by mechanics who then place these figures outside their businesses as advertising to show passersby what kind of business is conducted inside. Many of these figures are very creative. One service station shown in a photograph has eight or nine such figures outside and on its roof. Some of the figures are playing musical instruments, also made from old mufflers and other automobile parts no longer needed. The figures are usually painted, and they resemble nothing so much as robots in an old science fiction movie."
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Anthropology Museum, 2003.
This paper discusses the creation of an anthropological museum.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 564 sources, AU$ 50.95
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This paper discusses the building and putting together of a new museum housing an anthropological collection in the state of Georgia. The author examines how to build the museum, what type of museum it should be and how to balance the research and exhibit goals of the museum. The paper relates issues of collections, funding, staffing, museum design and layout.
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"The purpose of anthropology is to study the origin behavior as well as the physical, social and cultural development of humans throughout history and in different cultures. This study can take the form of fieldwork academic study research as well."
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The British Museum, 2005.
This paper discusses the financial management of the British Museum especially for long-term projects and displays.
2,640 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 126.95
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This paper explains that the expenses incurred by any museum including the British Museum can be sub-divided into cost categories: Salaries and benefits, occupancy, curatorial and conservation, public programs, marketing and administration. The author stresses that museums must reserve about 5% to 10% of their total budget for direct collection management costs other than salaries; lesser reserves indicate neglect of the museums most important resources, its exhibits. The paper relates that museums house thousands of art and artifact pieces valued at billions of pounds; therefore, insurance on collections, buildings, equipment, liability and loans to other museums around the world is essential. Charts and graph.
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"The museum currently gets a grant of about 36 million pounds. This is nearly one third of its total budget. Although the income from the shops on the piazza has doubled, it is not sufficient to ensure that the museum is profitable. The actual operating costs of the Great Court were higher that the initial estimates. At present effective marketing can combat these unique situations that the museum faces. Fundraising is essential. There are two methods that have been identified in effective fundraising for any establishment. The first is a pace setting donation method in which the museum approaches its most valuable donators and petitions for a donation. This is generally done on a personal, one on one level where interaction is critical. The fundraisers then approach other individuals who might be willing to donate to the cause if they feel that they will gain recognition or popularity from that move."
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The Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museums of Art, 2002.
A discussion of the Guggenheim and the Met and their success in stimulating and educating museum visitors.
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 74.95
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This paper discusses the Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museums of Art, describing and contrasting the two museums in the context of bringing art, culture and architecture to the public. Modern thought regarding museum architecture is also discussed. It also discusses the history of art museums in the past century. It examines the level of interaction between the art admirer and the art itself in several museums and accordingly judges their success.
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"Art museums have been through multiple metamorphoses in the last 100-plus years, from ornate Victorian cathedrals stuffed with artifacts, to flexible modernist boxes and vast salvaged industrial buildings. A museum building is often thought of as monumental sculpture, and is itself potentially the most important work in an institution's collection. How paintings and sculpture actually fit into it is, typically somewhat controversial. Museum founders realize that the public can best appreciate and become engaged in art when the level of interaction and personal participation is high. Mimi Gaudieri, the executive director of the Association of Art Museum Directors, and other enthusiasts among professionals in the field insist that there's no conflict between a museum's mission and high-profile architecture. "On the contrary, an exciting building lends itself to art," Gaudieri says. "It's part of the growth of the whole museum field. Years ago we were just sleepy institutions with no profile, and all of a sudden things have changed. Museums have woken up. We are much more aware of the community and are working more closely with it." Current museums incorporate inviting lobbies, lecture halls, libraries, cafes and shops, recognizing that while they display art, they also must draw the interest of the public (and potential donors) with a holistic appeal (Lloyd 2001)."
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Museum Education, 2003.
Discusses the development of museum education departments.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 57 sources, AU$ 202.95
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Examines the relationship between museum educators and museum curators, the roles of each, overlapping of roles, the division of labor at museums, and the implications of a trend toward art as a cultural and historic artifact.
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"The development of museum education departments as the point of contact between the museum institution and the public has occurred in the context of museum mission ..."
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Board Games at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2004.
A look at some of the more fascinating board games displayed at this London museum.
4,926 words (approx. 19.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 199.95
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In 1974, Sir Roy Strong, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum at the time, felt there were enough significant objects relating to the history of childhood within the Victoria and Albert Museum to devote an entirely separate museum to this subject. Since then, the V&A childhood collection has been housed at Bethnal Green and has developed and grown in status to become a collection of national and international significance. Using the documentation available in the Museum of Childhood archives, the author of this paper has produced a comprehensive report on the most popular and influential games displayed at the museum. The paper shows that games were not just a leisure activity arbitrarily serving as a means of passing time. Many times, they are used to teach morals, histories, and religions, and are always a reflection of the culture that surrounds them.
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"Because of the gambling character inherent in many games played with a normal deck of cards, such as Poker or Bridge, children?s card games were often specifically designed to look different by the addition of pictures or words. In Europe, card games have been documented since about 1370. Card games for children are often fast-moving, enjoyable and easy to learn. Most could be played with a standard deck as well, but often cards for children have an educational theme, with designs based on almost any subject, from fairy tales to maths."
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The National Gallery Museum, 2004.
Discusses a history of this London art museum and some of the more famous paintings housed there.
1,078 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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The National Gallery Museum is home to some of the world?s most famous paintings, including "Venus and Mars" by Sandro Botticelli and "Sunflowers" by Vincent van Gogh. This paper presents a history on the museum, including the addition of the Sainsbury wing and then describes several paintings stored in the museum. It also provides an architectural description of the museum.
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"The atmosphere of the Early Renaissance gallery is sophisticated, accessible and subdued. Lighting is a combination of artificial light and natural light that is automatically controlled and "delicately balanced" (Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates). The wing takes advantage of natural lighting as much as possible, and is designed to reduce damaging ultraviolet radiation. The color of the walls is designed to minimize distraction, and showcase the individual works (The National Gallery Museum, Building). A "gently implied hierarchy" of rooms (ranging from small to medium and large rooms) make up the galleries (Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates)."
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L.A. History Museums, 2002.
A discussion of how Los Angeles' museums shows L.A. history.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 56.95
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This paper presents a detailed discussion about the Natural Living History Museum of Los Angeles and how it pertains to the history of the state and consequently the nation. The history of the United States until 1865 was an interesting time. We moved slowly while at the same time making leaps and bounds in progress as far as settlements went. Families sought out new lives and believed that travel held the key to their happiness and future success . While the nation was still struggling to determine how it was going to conduct itself and present itself to the world it endured many changes including the Civil War and the enactment as well as the abolishment of slavery. In addition to the Natural Living History Museum being used as an example the Gene Autry Museum was also touched upon as relating to the time period.
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Museums, 2005.
An analysis of the role of the museum in modern day society.
1,941 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 97.95
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This paper explores the roles that museums have today and discusses this against the background of contemporary academic and policy debates. The paper considers whether museums can defend their role as a conserving agent, especially in times where the Internet and other media have become the main source of information for most people. The paper then concludes that the traditional museum, as it exists for more than 200 years now, plays and will always play a special but nonetheless important role in the lives of the people and in a society that rather is a changing collectivity than a rigid system.
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"The term 'museum' is originally derived from the Greek word mouseion, which simply meant library, and was used for the Ptolematic library in Alexandria (Vergo: 1997, 1). But that collection of books in ancient Greece cannot be compared to the modern form of our so well-known museum. The museum as we know it first came to being in the 18th century in France. After the French Revolution, the private collections of the rich were made publicly accessible and thus gathered together in special places for every citizen to visit. This process of bringing culture to the mass, of 'culturing', was an attempt of constituting a public, of generating 'a self-identifying collectivity in which members would have equal rights, a sense of loyalty to one another and freedom from exclusions' (MacDonald: 2003, 2). "
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The Getty Center Museum, 2007.
An analysis of artworks at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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The paper describes how the artistic goal of the J. Paul Getty Museum, located at the Getty Center in the city of Los Angeles, is to make its collection meaningful and attractive to a broad audience by presenting and interpreting the collection through educational programs, special exhibitions, publications, conservation and research. The writer proposes that this has been accomplished with the museum's outstanding collection of art masterpieces, ranging from European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs. The paper examines specific works of Van Gogh, Renoir and Raphael.
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"As one of the great masters of Post-Impressionism, Vincent Van Gogh's paintings contain many visual elements and principles of design, especially through his use of color. His insistence on the expressive values of color led him to develop a corresponding expressiveness via his application of the paint to the canvas. The thickness, shape and direction of his brushstrokes created a tactile counterpoint to his intense color schemes, usually by loading his brushes with paint and then vigorously applying it back and forth or at right angles which gives a textile-like effect; he also often applied paint directly from the tube which gives his paintings an almost three-dimensional feel to them."
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Museum Anthropology, 2007.
This paper discuses the impact of new technologies on the practice of museum anthropology.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 83.95
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This paper explains that new technologies are impacting the practice of museum anthropology by making possible a more accurate interpretation of what ancient objects are really saying, by removing long-held misconceptions, and by enabling museum anthropologists to get much closer to the real story told by these silent artifacts. The author points out that the invention of photography has made possible different kinds of exhibitions, while the invention of x-rays, combined with sophisticated computer analysis of these x-rays, has made possible a more informed understanding of what exhibit artifacts really mean. The paper relates that archaeologists, anthropologists, engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists are working together at the ancient site of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, to develop a large, subsurface surveying project that will attempt to identify artifacts before they are actually collected.
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"Yet this was just the beginning of the ways in which technology would shape and frame the discourses engaged in by museum anthropologists. While the possibility of collections of photographs made possible a particular kind of exhibition, more recent advances have made possible a deeper insight into what the exhibitions actually mean. For example, the Krapina Neanderthal fossil bone collection was found in August, 1899, in caves in Croatia. It has long been thought that the collection was a relic of an ancient group of hominids that died out because they were weaker than other groups."
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The Frick Museum, 2002.
Presents the history, background, and current state of the Frick Museum.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 155.95
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This presents a detailed discussion about the history of the Frick Museum. The author takes us on a historical tour of its inception, its background and its current state. Included are discussions about some of the things the museum has to offer as well as the history of the family who founded it.
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The Museum of Modern Art - An Analysis of Works, 2002.
Several works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, are described, analyzed, compared and contrasted.
2,787 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 132.95
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This is a comparison/contrast essay discussing several works from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Two representational works are analyzed - Gustav Klimt?s "Hope II" and Pablo Picasso?s "Girl Before a Mirror". Two abstract works compared and contrasted are Jackson Pollock?s "Full Fathom Five" and Mondrain?s "Broadway Boogie-Woogie". Finally, two sculptural works are compared and contrasted - Rodin?s "Monument to Balzac" and Boccioni?s "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space". A thorough discussion of applicable artistic elements is offered in the paper.
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"In observation of Picasso?s Girl Before a Mirror (Marie-Th?r?se Walter) one is struck by an obvious statement being made. The theme of his painting is reflection and seeing beyond what is on the surface. The lines of the bodies are flowing and erotic. The background is geometric and regular except for the startling bright colors. The woman is defined by her sexual components which are exaggerated in bulbous breasts and enlarged wombs. The style is cubism expanded with elements of surrealism infused with color that seems meant to surprise and shock. The use of the reflected image encourages thoughts of how form can change and calls forth questions regarding what constitutes beauty. Depicting female form constructed from circles and lines is in accord with the aims of analytic cubism which stressed the breaking down and analysis of form. The overall effect is more sensual than serious. Questions of inner beauty versus outer beauty may be suggested. The curving lines, bright colors, and rounded erotic shapes suggest harmony and pleasure, reflecting Picasso's delight with his newest love, Marie Th?r?se Walter."
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From the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 2007.
This paper analyzes four works of fine art from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 50.95
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This paper examines Claude Monet's" Water Lilies" ("Nympheas"), "Fereghan Horse" from the Chinese Tang Dynasty, John Singer Sargent's "Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears" and Mary Cassatt's "Children in the Garden" ("The Nurse") from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. The author points out that Claude Monet's water lilies depict the Japanese styled stillness that Monet desired in works of nature. The paper relates that in Sargent's work, "Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears, the use of oils reveal the complexity of paints that provide greatly contrasting chiaroscuro that abounds in the work. The author further notes that the main subject in Mary Cassatt's work is the profound sense of women relationships that exist within elite households.
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"The choppy brushwork of the fauna along the pathway is representative of Impressionist works of the period, while Cassatt abstracts the forms of the nurse and the children by denying them any detail. Small circular brush strokes define the flowers along the path, which help anchor the depth of the work. In effect, the composition of the painting provides some depth and perspective, as the nurse causally knits while the lone child plays at her side. By placing the woman and the two children off center of the painting, this provides the depth and abstraction of form need to bring out depth perception along the angle of the pathway."
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Works in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006.
A comparison of two figures on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: the 'Fertility Goddess' from Pakistan and 'Landsdowne Artemis' from Rome.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 56.95
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This paper compares two figures in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the 'Fertility Goddess' from Pakistan, and the 'Landsdowne Artemis' from Rome, both of which are from around the first century AD. The comparison illustrate differences in culture such as different world views, different traditions, different religious meaning, different mythologies, differences in dress, and so on, and differences in craftsmanship.
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"In comparing works of art from different cultures in the ancient world, two major differences can usually be noted. The first involves differences in culture, meaning different world views, different traditions, different religious meaning, different mythologies, differences in dress, and so on. The second involves differences in craftsmanship, with works contemporary in time showing very different levels of development and skill. A comparison of two works from different cultures but from about the same time period shows how these differences might be seen. A work from Pakistan from the first century AD is identified as coming specifically from Sirkap or Charsadda, in the Gandhara region of South Asia. It is a terracotta figure of the Fertility Goddess. "
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