The Kennedy Museum of Art is the university museum at Ohio University in Athens‚ Ohio. The Museum is known for their Southwest Native American Collection that comprises extensively on weavings‚ jewelry‚ and silverwork from the cultures of the Diné (Navajo)‚ Zuni‚ and Hopi peoples‚ respectably. Additionally‚ the collections include a renowned print and photo collection‚ 20th century American art‚ and a notable African art collection. Together the staff executes exhibitions to be used as pedagogical
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I had the pleasure of visiting The Miami Art Museum and was very impressed by what I encountered and viewed. I have never found interest in art until I got to see the museum. Throughout my exploration at the Miami Art Museum I was able to view a wide selection of art. In this venture‚ I viewed the most beautiful artwork I had ever seen‚ observed interesting non European/North American art‚ was alarmed by the most disturbing works ‚ explored a breath taking exhibition‚ and actually found work that
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Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum located on LSU’s campus. The museum began with an LSU alumnus‚ Jack Andonie‚ whose goal was to fill the museum with collections of LSU sports relics. He was a devoted fan with a passionate love for LSU. Andonie collected 13‚000 LSU sports related items. The vast collection began to take over his home and his wife‚ Priscilla Andonie‚ forced him to make a decision between “Me or the stuff.” Arousing the construction of the museum in 2004‚ Jack Andonie decided
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CRAFT MUSEUM National handicrafts and handlooms museum Where the legacy is woven with delicate threads of gold Magnificence is etched with with the untouched and the old. Wisdom and mystique protract thousands of years Of inspiration and originality‚ colors so dear. Where splendor and skill are a way of life And peace prevails even in a land of strife. It is established in 1956. It is famous for showcasing the rich tribal and rural handicrafts of artisans from all over the country
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Nowaday in modern society there are a large number of museums and galleries‚ which help to provide essencial functions of education and entertainment to the public. However some people think they are of less importance now as citizens can achieve the same purpose on the Interne. Personally I do not agree with such views. Certainly we can almost search all information from the Internet‚ yet all we retrieve is just pictures and texts. While in a museum‚ one see real objects‚ such as a Chinese ancient
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Are Seltz’s new Japanese museums ‘counter-museums’ by Patterson’s definition? Patterson and Seltz introduce new museums differing in subject matter‚ context and methodology‚ but sharing analogous goals. The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia (JCM) in the United States is touted by Patterson as a ‘counter-museum’ that ‘seek[s] to engage visitors as active participants in dynamic‚ continuing memorial processes’ (66)‚ and one that ‘seeks to use products of intolerance to teach understanding’ (68)
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Marco comes a little step closer to find his new identity… Marco finds the sign of a china-restaurant named ‘Moon Palace’ ‘I Immediately thought of uncle Victor and his band‚ and in that first‚ irrational moment‚ my fears lost their hold on me. …’ (p.16) what the sign means to Marco is explained later ‘I can’t be sure of any of it‚ but the fact was that the words Moon Palace began to haunt my mind with all the mystery and fascination of an oracle…
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Museum Visit (NASM) Prof. McCormick By Esther Margai December 6th 2011 It’s a quite a scene when you walk through the doors of National Air and Space Museum located between Independence avenue and Jefferson street by the National Mall. One cannot help but wonder what the museum has in stored‚ immediately I was filled with curiosity and confusion of where to start exploring. As walked through the security check points I realized they have a welcome center; I decided to stop there
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In this essay‚ I will argue that ethnographic museums privilege viewing‚ at the expense of other senses. I will further argue that by privileging the visual‚ ethnographic museums become problematic in two ways- firstly‚ by not accurately representing the cultures they are supposed to be exhibiting‚ and secondly‚ by limiting the experience of museum-goers who may be visually impaired or otherwise unable to visit museums that are purely mono-sensorial. After outlining and discussing the problems associated
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Monica Vaughn Art History I 10 November 2010 Museum Project Ansel Adams‚ The Tetons and The Snake River‚ Grand Teton National Park. 1942. Gelatin Silver Print. Featured at Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix‚ Arizona. Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was born in San Francisco‚ California. Being raised in the shadows of the great Golden Gate Bridge was the motivation for his deep appreciation for nature and his early childhood would become his primary inspiration to pursue photography. Strangely enough the 1906
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