At the Virtual Florida Museum‚ there are many exhibits that correlate with and give more insight into the information learned in this course. The exhibits include information about World War 1‚ World War 2 and other various topics. The “Significant Documents” exhibit‚ which is what I will focus on‚ includes photographs‚ letters and other historical records. Of the many Significant Documents in the exhibit‚ the “World War 1 ‘National Crisis Day’ Proclamation‚ 1917” Document stood out to me the most
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As I walked through the Blacks in Wax Museum I was both upset and happy by what I saw. Going into the slave ship and seeing the slaves being branded like livestock and shackled one on top of the other really brought to life the struggle that the slaves had to endure. I don’t understand how the white people can think of the slaves as less than human‚ and at the same time want to rape the women. The Lynching Exhibit opened my eyes to how cruel people can really be. What hit home was the story of pregnant
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(Singapore) Art‚ culture‚ and society; these three elements are closely linked. These three elements affect one another in one way or another. There is often a conflict of interest between the artist‚ the audience‚ and the government body. The artist’s aim is to express art freely. The audience’s aim is to view art in forms that are not offensive to them. The government’s aim is to mitigate the conflict of interest between the two parties by implementing policies and restrictions to art pieces that
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Q: What is Antonio Gramsci’s concept of understanding of the intellectuals. How is it different from the conventional perception of intellectual in his essay "The Formation of the Intellectuals" Ans: Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci in his essay "The Formation of the Intellectuals" focuses on the way how intellectuals are formed in a society and the activites they perform in it. Every society is composed of various social groups‚ which has specific role in the mose of production because of the
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A few months ago I visited the History Colorado Center museum in Denver. One of the exhibits is about the internment camp Amache-Granada that is located in southeastern Colorado. It was a very nice exhibit‚ during the exhibit a video played that went over the history of Amache and the internment of the Japanese Americans. During the video there was a picture of little girl with her hand over her heart. The voice on the video said “When I went to school on December 8th‚ kids came up to me and shouted
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Slater Memorial Museum Slater Memorial Museum is located at Norwich Free Academy and displays art from the Americas‚ Europe‚ and Asia. William Albert Slater built the museum in memorial to his father‚ John Fox Slater. Slater has 227 plaster casts of classical and Renaissance sculptures and almost 600 photographs of famous works of Europeans and art and architecture. The museum serves to expose students of Norwich Free Academy and the community to culture and aesthetics outside of their reach.
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4.2 Comparative Parallels The study of different religious and/or historical museum is important to be able to study the future storyline and visitors’ path of Cilicia Museum. Hence‚ studying the displays‚ their panels and their methods of engaging with their audience is essential. The parallels were chosen‚ amongst a very large number of museums visited. during cultural trips. The four following museums have many similarities in themes and/or in the richness of their collection‚ but the difference
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The Jim crow museum depicts very accurately how racist southern america used to be. It is astonishing how much hatred people can have for something as messily as the color of someone’s skin. Jim Crow was developed as a fictitious character that heavily embellished the negro culture with much mockery. Jim crow became the symbol of how blacks should be treated hence the Jim Crow Laws that were developed. Whites would paint their faces black and perform on stage as bafoons. These shows helped
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Museums have long served a purpose as cultural staples. For every museum‚ big and small‚ careful consideration is used in selecting its contents. When securing new items for a museum‚ it is most important to consider public appeal‚ educational value‚ and cost-effectiveness. What makes a museum different from a billionaire’s private collection is patronage. Thus‚ a museum must be able to attract visitors interested in its displays. This captivation of interest should be for the purpose of entertainment
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The bridge in San Francisco Since it was built in 1937 more than 16‚000 have jumped to their death. It is a site where most people have committed suicide than anywhere else in the world‚ in 2004 there were 24 deaths from this bridge. In my research reading I found that the bridge had a note at the entrance saying ‘CRISIS COUNSELING. There is hope make the call. The consequences for jumping from this bridge are fatal and tragic’ The people in the film spoke of how suicides of friends had affected
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