than a museum to see with his own eyes the evidences of all these evolutions? The Tellus Museum, situated in Georgia, is engaged to educate, and inspire visitors to make scientific connections through dynamic exhibits and enriching experiences. It is a Smithsonian Institution-affiliate natural history and science museum. Tellus was founded as the Weinman Mineral Museum in 1983, which closed in 2007 and was reopened as the Tellus Science Museum in 2008. If you decide to go to this museum, your
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In the article, “The Power of Monuments,” the author, Ian Buruma claims that ‘cultural artifacts remind people the history behind the arts and it define their judgement in self. The author farther states that many people believe that destroying the historical artifacts will resolve the conflicts in modern day. Next, he suggests that destructing the arts will not erase the history because they are just pieces of art. Lastly, he however asserts that some sculptures are meant to be remove because of
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The Ringling Museum of Art was worth the trip to visit. Prior to going to the museum, I assumed it was just a circus museum, but to my surprise, the Ringling Museum was much more to explore. It has a Museum of Art, Circus Museum, a historic home, an 18th-Century Theater and Bayfront gardens. I started my day going to the Museum of Art in the Searing Wing to see a special exhibit called “A Kaleidoscope of Color: The Costume Designs of Miles White.” The Ringling museum knew how to put a show together
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The Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum is the oldest Indian-owned and operated museum in America. The museum was built in 1931 and located in Uncasville, Connecticut. This museum is owned and ran by the federally recognized Mohegan Tribe, making this museum a privately owned governance. The museum’s first building was built by the owners Gladys Tantaquidgeon and her brother Harold and father John. The museum began with a little stone room including collections of various artifacts that were made and used
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which we are able to study and learn from today. The Nelson Atkins Museum has a wide variety of Native American works of art ranging from the southern Pueblo cultures up into the Northern Plains cultures. Native American art is a huge part of our country’s history and the people that came before us. The artwork focused on in this paper is from the Ojibwa tribe of Ontario and the northern U.S. boundaries. The Nelson Atkins Museum displays a Native leather European style coat from the Ojibwa tribe
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The Title of the artwork I chose is “Chuck’. This artwork was created by Will Lescheck. The reason I selected this piece is because my brother wore them all the time, and I have grew fond of them. Also I sometimes wore them because they were comfortable. This piece was my first choice because of the two reasons I listed above, about why I chose this piece. The medium of the piece I chose is Graphite/ Drawing. Graphite is a gray pigment that is commonly found in pencils. The size of ‘Chuck’
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various plants are cultivated for exhibition. Their properties can be characterized as nature preserves and wildlife sanctuaries. They often have on display small live animals, such as reptiles, rodents, insects, or fish. They contain different types of museum exhibits and displays about natural history, or preserved mounted animals or nature dioramas. Nature interpretation centers are generally staffed by paid or volunteer naturalists and most offer
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Art Museum Database By: For the past couple of years, a local art Museum has been collecting different art pieces from various artists. The Museum then displays the art throughout different galleries across town. The collection has significantly grown and it is now complicated for the museum to keep track of the many different artist and their different art pieces and collections, as well as where the art is located, whether it is stored in different galleries or the Museum itself. It
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The University Art Museum Case Analysis Suzana Duran MNGT 372 Professor Quimei Xu I. Relevant Facts/Background The Art Museum is a building on the university premises that is providing a place for the art collection of a university. The building was given to the university by an alumnus around 1929. The wealthy son of the university's first president served as the museum's unpaid director until his death. He brought a few extra collections to the museum during his service, and while serving
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Nam National Museum of History. To start with, due to my liking for voluntary work and English, I am attracted by this event which gives me both. Moreover, I can increase my English speaking skills by communicating with foreigners. Last but not least, joining this event gives me chance to understand more about Vietnam's history and respect the sacrifice of our ancestors. There are somes reasons that make me interest in becoming a volunteer for this event of Viet Nam National Museum of History.
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