Professor Szpila WRT 100 23 July 2013 The National Air and Space Museum Stimulating the Mind The history of the United States is one of the most important in the world. Some of the most popular sources of our nation’s history are our museums. The collection of museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C had a total of 21.8 million visits by individuals in 2013 alone. The National Air and Space Museum‚ in particular‚ was the biggest contributor to these statistics; with
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Laguna Art Museum The Laguna Art Museum’s collection consists of works from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The museum was celebrating The Plein Annual Laguna air Painting show‚ which consists of various painters that painted in and around Laguna Beach. The public was encouraged to view the painters during the week as they created the paintings which were available on the second floor of the gallery for sell and viewing. The Artists in California‚ Early Twentieth Century from
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The Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh‚ India. On June 2nd and 3rd 2008‚ I was conducted my research on this site. I come from a multicultural family who always appreciated both the visual and perceptual meaning of art. When I was growing up‚ my family would encourage us (me and my younger siblings) to acknowledge the concept and beauty of the efforts that one expressed in their collection‚ whatever it may be. That has inspired me so much that I paint as well as sketch‚ from time
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Virtual Museum Tour: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Natasha Rodas Community College of Denver Virtual Museum Tour: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History On September 22‚ 2013‚ I virtually visited the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History located in Washington‚ D.C.‚ USA. It is one of the widest known museums in the United States and has many themes related to Natural History. The virtual tour is relatively easy to maneuver and provides many
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The Museum of Innocence This is a 700 page account of Kamals obsessive love towards Fusun. Pamuk in this masterpiece reveals‚ In current era of speed dating and breakups true romance still has a relevance.Kamal is a wealthy Istanbul playbul who is going to enaged to Sibel and falls for 18 year old Fusun who is a distant relative.Those one and a half months kamal spends with Fusun are described as golden days in his lifetime.Meantime Kamal and Sibel gets engaged and Fusun disappears with her father
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The Cambridge Dictionary Online defined museums as "places of study‚ buildings where objects of historical‚ scientific or artistic interest are kept‚ preserved and exhibited". To The Museums Association‚ a museum is "an institution which collects documents‚ preserves‚ exhibits and interprets material evidence and associated information for the public benefit". Since 1998‚ this definition has changed. Museums now enable the public to explore collections for inspiration‚ learning and enjoyment. They
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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO Bilbao—today one of the top tourist destinations in Europe—was such a backwater in the 1990s that‚ according to Gehry‚ the 265‚000-square-foot museum‚ beside the Nervión River‚ went up almost unnoticed by the press. That only contributed to the drop-dead impact it created with its unveiling. “I like to work under the radar as much as I can. It’s been harder since I’ve gotten notorious‚” says Gehry. The first photos of the near-complete structure‚ which resembles a gargantuan
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Abstract The Iraqi National Museum was established by the British traveler and author Gertrude Bell and opened shortly before her death in 1926. The Iraqi National Museum contained priceless relics from Mesopotamian civilization; it contains important artifacts from over 5‚000 year long history of Mesopotamia. The National Museum of Iraq was looted in April‚ 2003. Its contents has been illegally scattered around the world through sales to private collectors and museums. Iraq‚ as of yet‚ is still trying
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My First Brush with an Art Museum Being a fairly artist person for my entire life‚ I feel like it is a little weird that I have never been to an ‘art museum’. I grew up with a very artist mother‚ who did a lot of carvings and even won prizes for some of her carvings‚ and I believe that artistic talent rubbed off on me as well. I have always had interest in art‚ and strived in high school where I was placed in advanced art‚ painting and drawing classes. These days‚ I have traded my pencils and
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Northwest Museums In James Clifford’s essay‚ “Four Northwest Coast Museum: Travel Reflections‚” the appearance of tribal art and artifacts‚ some grouped with modern art‚ in several museum galleries comes under fire. He very critically addresses such museum’s attempts to classify and reclassify primitive art and modern art into one by pointing out only vague similarities. Clifford also highly objects to one museum’s‚ the Museum of Modern Art‚ use of the word ‘affinity’ in a gallery held in 1984 entitled
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