based on The British Museum Queen Elizabeth II Great Court‚ which is the largest covered square in Europe and it is part of the Millennium Commission Projects (Millennium Commission‚ n.d.). The paper includes background and history of the museum explaining how it was decided to reconstruct The Great Court‚ what was it aim and who it was designed from. Then‚ will analyse the cost of the project including money invested‚ what is believed to be beneficial for the British Museum and what might be the
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compelling. I can lose myself in one painting for hours; forgetting about the world around me. Art can be found outside‚ or inside; art is universal. However‚ after reading Duncan’s "The Art Museum as Ritual‚" I find my general ideas of art and art museums changing. I find myself looking at the entire concept of art museums differently. That is why this assignment was challenging for me; analyzing the interior design of the Barrick
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The Brooklyn Museum’s view of the portrait shows eighteenth-century mixed-race colonial elite of the island of Dominica in the West Indies. When first seeing this painting you can see the fine detail of how it was painted. Brunias was sure to pay attention to detail of clothings and face and yet still keep in mind the body language in which everyone was protrayed. The two women are shown accompanied by their mother and their children‚ along with eight African servants‚ as they walk on the grounds
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African American Museum The museum I choose to go to was the Dora Nelson African American Museum. Dora Nelson was born a slave and was a part of the first black family in Perris‚ Ca. Perris had no black church. Blacks could attend Congregational Church‚ but not join. Dora held prayer meetings in her home at F and 7th St. She also organized the first black Baptist church and held prayer meetings in her backyard under a tree Perris‚ Ca. Dora Nelson African American Art & History Museum (DNAAAHM) exists
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at the Museum) The story of "Night at the Museum"‚ produced in 2006‚ is often portrayed as just a comedic movie‚ but in reality‚ it’s a heroic tale of preserving the powers of an Egyptian tablet that lets the beings within the museum come to life at night. This story is a supernatural take‚ because things happen in this movie that are impossible to occur in the real world. The plot of the story revolves around a man named Larry Daley‚ a part time night guard for the New York City Museum‚ and every
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around the Bowers Museum‚ I would recommend the Bowers Museum to any person that is interested in studying the culture of Ancient China. However‚ the Bowers Museum is not perfect. As stated earlier in the essay‚ The Ancient China exhibit does not fully represent the culture of Ancient China. There is no artifact that represent the daily lives of the average person in Ancient China. People like artisans‚ peasants‚ and farmers are not represented in the museum exhibit at all. The museum focuses heavily
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The National Museum of American History opened to the public in January 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. It was the sixth Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington‚ D.C. The Smithsonian was established in 1846 by an act of Congress as an institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." By the 1850s the organization was called the U.S. National museum and housed in the first Smithsonian building. Smithsonian collections developed both as specimens and as historical
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China National Film Museum A museum is the ideal place to get a crash course on a country’s history and culture. This time is about the Chinese cinema; China National Film Museum ( CNFM ). China National Film Museum ( CNFM ) is the world’s largest proffesional film museum. This museum was founded in 2005 to celebrate 100 years of Chinese cinema and opened to the public on February 10‚ 2007. The building’s design reflects the concept of finding balance between film and architecture. The grand exterior
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Denver Art Museum Visit Visiting the Denver Art Museum for the first time can be something of clouded experienced. There is almost too much for one day for your mind to overcome; the architect‚ surrounding area and‚ of course‚ the many wondrous works of art can overwhelm any first-timer. Although originally dating back all the way to 1948‚ the Denver Art Museum‚ as well as the surrounding Civic Center buildings have dramatically changed and become a work of art themselves. As anyone is driving
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Mob Museum This is our newest museum in the city and is located in Downtown Las Vegas. It is located on Stewart. This is two streets over north of Fremont and at the end of Third St. The building that the museum is housed in was an old federal building that was renovated for the purpose of hosting this unique museum. Like it or not‚ Las Vegas has had a history of organized crime in its past‚ much of this has been captured by Hollywood movie studios‚ but here in the Mob Museum‚ it is the real history
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