The National Maritime Museum mission statement is “to illustrate for everyone the importance of sea‚ ships‚ time and stars and their relationship with people”. Swan (2012)‚ explained in her presentation that “this is the largest maritime museum in the world which attracted 2.45 million visitors in 2010 /2011 and 709.000 visitors just at the National Maritime Museum alone”. Museum is the place for learning‚ education and socialisation. Sources that contribute to museums’ earned revenue include
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Page 1 The Getty museum. J Paul Getty was born in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota on December 15‚ 1892 and died in England 1976 (age 84). In 1945 J Paul Getty purchased a home in Malibu. During his years of living there he collected historical paintings‚ statues‚ and furniture. Nine years later he then decided to open his home to the public to share the art collections‚ Greek and Roman antiques‚ 18th century furniture‚ and European paintings. After some visits he then decided in 1968 to began work
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Instructor: Mr Eugenio HISTORY The Metropolitan Medical Center College of Arts‚ Science & Technology (MMC-CAST) is a non stock‚ nonprofit educational institution. Proceeds of the institution are directed back to improve its facilities and equipment in fulfilling the institution’s purpose for which it was established – To be a learning community that is committed in providing excellent and competitive professionals.It was in 1968 when Metropolitan Hospital was incorporated by the United Doctors
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function‚ museum as an important medium of communication to be analyzed‚ which is primarily but not essentially exclusively and engaged in the visual communication of objects of scientific and cultural interest. Therefore‚ museum design‚ both in terms of display and architecture‚ must thus at least contribute communicate to an individual actively and preferably (Brawne‚ 1965). The museums that have been chosen to compare are National Museum of Roman Art and Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and the selection
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Different kinds of teachers Teachers serve as the guiding force in a student’s life. They are responsible for modeling a student’s personality and shaping his-her mental orientation. Teachers deeply impact our lives and direct the course of our future. One cannot deny the influence of teachers in one’s life. In fact‚ it would not be an exaggeration to say that‚ till a certain age‚ out life revolves around our teachers. They are our constant companions‚ until we grow old enough to come out of their
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum believes a total estimate of 6‚673‚900 non-Jewish people were persecuted and murdered at the hands of the Nazis due to the Nazi policies and Hitler’s orders. Many people believe that the Jews were the only race that suffered during the Holocaust and the reign of Hitler‚ but this is not the case. Non-Jewish people also suffered hardship during this time period‚ almost as much as the Jews themselves endured. The number of casualties they had surpasses those
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Parallel Journeys was a book that I bought several years ago while attending the Belfer II Conference at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. At the time‚ I was in the process of trying to develop a syllabus for a Holocaust Literature elective course at my high school; and‚ after speaking with many Mandel Fellows‚ I decided to purchase certain books (at their recommendations) to review as possible inclusions for my course. As we know‚ time tends to be something precious and fleeting‚ and
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Post Modern attributes of the de young museum: History: The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 damaged the old de Young museum building located in Golden Gate Park and uncovered severe seismic flaws in the building and hence a comprehensive plan to rebuild the building in stages was overtaken to make the de Young museum up to date. In January 1999 the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron were chosen to rebuild the De young museum‚ due to their willingness to engage in an extended process of architectural
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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 a total of 4.9 million visits by individuals in 2013
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In “Why Museums are the New Churches” by Jason Farago‚ he argues how the art museum has surpassed the church as the most important and ultimate building of our society. Also‚ Farago continues to show how people mimic and copy religious acts and rituals while visiting a museum. He provides numerous examples from history and buildings from around the world. He also gives many modern examples of this shift from churches to museums. Throughout his writing‚ Farago builds an argument that museums have become
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