A country, a region, a belief, people will proud of the truth will always stand the test of time. Although colonialism is able to force people to behave in its ways, it cannot completely change people’s minds. Until September 21, 2004, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) opened to the public. The foundation which was established in 1916, in New York City, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian located on a symbolically significant site on the National Mall, next to the U.S. Capitol, and it is in a very grand building. I went to this museum twice, and I think this museum is a very special museum, I think it is not a typical history or anthropology museum, but it is a developing mature museum close to the audience. I amazed by the flawless symbolic architecture and every exhibition in this museum. After visiting I have a desire and curiosity to know about the museums history,management concept, and their changing path. This museum is the first national museum in the country dedicated exclusively to the Native Americans/indigenous people. This museum is about hope, the present and somewhat future, it proudly shows that nations/tribes are still around. Before the design of the museum architecture, the museum committees and the museum’s architectural consultants seek opinions from both North and South Americans.The architecture is keeping “balance and harmony”, almost every Indian culture believed that every mountain had a soul, every tree,every rock, every living creature and the Great Spirit flowed through all, keeping nature and mankind in perfect balance. And I have to say the building itself already is a “Native place” for me. A “Museum Different,”... ... middle of paper ... ...f food. They also made traditional Indian cornbread, because cornbread was created and harvested by the early Indians before the settlement of Europeans in North American. American Indians used corn ground for their meals and flour for centuries. I think after visiting the exhibitions take a rest and having meal in this cafeteria to keep learning the food culture is a still relax and knowledgeable part for visiting a museum. A native viewers describe this museum as a “Vehicle”, to bring educational messages to the American public that tribes by themselves cannot do. Overall, the museum as civic and social space is, to be sure, a new and vital direction for the NMAI. It is a thought-provoking museum that raises the question of Native American identity past, present and future.They treated the land with respect. Wonderful art by talented indigenous folk.
From that point on there’s a digital interactive guide that displays the layout of the museum and location of the exhibits. The museum is divided into quadrants with an elliptical rotunda in the middle. The rotunda is illuminated by natural light from the glass dome with skylights above you. Also when you look up you can see extraordinary symbolic painting on the ceiling. From the center of the rotunda you can go left or right to see the exhibits of Native Americans. For some reason I felt like going in through the left, aside from the fact that the right side was closed for renovations. I headed left into the “Time Exposure” exhibit by the Haudenosaunee Discovery Room. When entering the exhibit it can seem a bit disoriented, but you just have...
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum of art exhibits a wide range of collection which covers a period of five century. Looking at an art explores new ideas that enable and inspire to be more creative and develop critical thinking skills. The museum collection offers vivid surprising evidence of cultures from the past. The visit was an educational, cultural and entertaining experience to me. This was a meaningful training to me. A
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art came about as an idea from Jon Jay in Paris, France in 1866 with the idea of “national institution gallery of art” within the United States. Once this idea was proposed, it was immediately moved forward with his return to the United States. With the help of the Union League Club in NY they began to acquire civic leaders, businessmen, artists, and collectors who aided in the creation of the museum. For over 140 years, the visitors who go here have received everything the mission of the institution states.
I had an opportunity to visit the oriental institute museum . During my visit to the museum I was made aware of its location and the importance of it to chicago. The museum housed many exhibits of historical value dating civilization back to the paleolithic period of 2,500,000-100,000 B.C. Below you'll find examples of mans rise through the use of tools and refined skills from cave living to structured living throughout evolution. This is an experience that has grounded me to a new interest in structures that we have devised to become the homes we use today for the rest of my life.
One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.
This museum seeks to tell, in the words of the eminent historian John Hope Franklin, “the unvarnished truth” that will help our visitors to remember and better understand what has often been erased and forgotten.“
Pros of The Studio School include that it allowed people, both men and women, to learn how to draw and paint. The school allowed for more artists to enter the art scene, and were allowed to create work that reflected whatever inspired them. Inspiration came from their heritage or even other pieces of art like pottery, beadwork, or basketwork. Students were not taught and drew and painted with their natural ability. Cons of The Studio School include that it resulted in the same type of style, Studio Style, being represented in numerous pieces of art. While students were able to draw and paint whatever they liked, the school, particularly Dorothy Dunn a teacher at the Studio School, encouraged a two dimensional design resulting in similar pieces of art. Also, a lot of the work depicted similar aspects of Native life such as dancing, ceremonies, and ceremonial figures. The Studio School kept Native art in this stylistic framework for quite some time because some artists never strayed from this style of art. The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is a museum in Washington D.C. that was founded in 1989. Like The Studio School, the NMAI also received mixed reviews. Pros of the NMAI include that it allows all Native peoples to have a visual voice. All Native peoples throughout America are represented in the NMAI. People also like the design of the museum itself. It is not like other museums, not only in the design of the building itself, but also the way the pieces of art are displayed. The way the art is displayed is more like Native storytelling. The art is also displayed without any labels identifying what the piece is. Cons of the NMAI include that it is too ambitious and it doesn 't address colonization or the negative aspects of contact. The museum is leaving out part of Native peoples story and how they were impacted by contact with
Items displayed in museums hold historical significance and are representative of society’s culture. Preserving valuable collections for education and enjoyment is a primary role of museums. While fulfilling this role, the architecture of the museum is also an important factor. Historical buildings are converted into museums and architects must consider the use of the space and the museum’s purpose during their initial design. Other museums are built with a clear purpose in mind. As museums are designed, many characteristics are determined. Display and storage spaces as well as visitor services impacts museum’s functionality. Based on the function of a museum, architectural requirements are different.
This paper will discuss the Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle). It was designed by James Renwick, Jr. and was completed in 1855 (“Smithsonian Institution”). It was the first of the Smithsonian Institution’s buildings. In the early days it housed exhibitions, offices, a library and the living quarters of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institute (National Park Service). In 1865 a fire destroyed major section of the building. It took until 1969 to restore the building and repair the damage of the fire (“Smithsonian Institution”). Over the years the National Mall expanded around this building and more Smithsonian buildings were constructed leading to the major exhibits being moved to these locations. Nowadays it mainly houses the information center and administrative offices (“Smithsonian Institution”).
The Natural History Museum is extraordinary place to explore and learn. It’s fun and breathtaking. The museum served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 until 1910. The original structure of the building from the 1913 and today’s structure are combined with a blend of many styles. Like a Spanish Renaissance ornamentation in the terracotta trimmings. There is a Romanesque style in the arched windows and the brick walls. The Beaux-Arts tradition is a T-shape floor plan. The building measures 75 feet in diameter with three wings. The Rotunda’s walls are made of Italian marble and the floors have a mosaic tile. The statue in the center of the floor called “Three Muses.” The Rotunda’s dome is 58 feet high with a skylight 20 feet across on top, which has been restored recently into a bright colored stained glass design. The museum had its first grand opening on November 6, 1913 and was called “The Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art. It was opened formally to the public. The museum was joined by other major cultural facilities in the park; the Memorial Coliseum, Sports Arena, Swimming Stadium, California Science Center, California African American Museum and the largest Municipal-Owned Rose Garden in the nation, with a beautiful water fountain in the center.
One of my first museums I visited in Washington, D.C. was The National Museum of Natural History. I arrived with no expectations besides the thought of how am I going to spend 3 hours here? While walking through the doors I was astonished to see the enormous elephant standing there as if it was guarding the museum entrance. I continued through the exhibits looking at the amazing skeletons of the extinct creatures that once roamed this earth, possibly in the spot I was standing in. As I went further into the museum, I arrived at the Butterfly Pavilion. It was a room that you can go into to observe real, live, enormous butterflies. The exhibits there made my mind run wild like never before. In my mind the purpose of The National Museum of Natural His...
have never been to a city that did not offer the usual museum fare, usually in the form of the “Anytown Art Museum”, or the “Anytown Museum of Natural History”. While these types of museums house some incredible artifacts, and I do visit them often, I also like to seek out museums of a more unusual sort.
Museum defines as an institution housing collections of objects of artistic, historic, or scientific interest conserved and displayed for the educational and enjoyment of the public. Museums are places of memory that provides the link of distant past to the present generation which also help the society to know the path their forebears trod. The main purpose of museum is neither to educate nor entertain but rather creates a memory bank would remind us of the past. No wonder most societies in different parts of the world traced their origin through the works of arts history. There are many types of museum includes museum of Antiquities-in which are housed ancient pieces of furniture or objects of art such as sculptures, paintings, ceramics, textiles and other crafts. Public record office museum serving as collection centre for famous documents, War museum containing relics of national wars, Maritime museum for maritime history, museum for architecture, with types, structures and styles of building, etc., Museum for Local/Indigenous Technologies, Science Museum, with objects depicting history of science and engineering and Natural History Museum. However, all types of these have their own roles of information institutions in national development. The main roles are to identify, acquire, preserve, and exhibit unique, collectible, or representative objects. The role of museum in the life of a nation involves conducting research into the vast natural history heritage and biodiversity of the country, serving as a repository, of natural objects, source materials and taxonomists in that country, creating scientific awareness, on natural history resources of the nation through annotated exhibitions for public enlightenment in display ga...
When first arriving at the museum it was an old styled, rustic, building that was not very modern, which I think fits into the theme of the museum. The outside of the building had history, similar to how the inside of museum is filled with a history. There was also an impressive statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt. I thought it was an interesting display, but Theodore Roosevelt was an advocate for the preservation of national parks and the conservation of animals, moreover, I thought it was a great tribute to him. I think the outside of the museum shows how rich the history of the world is and there is so much to learn. The past has been polished for the people of the present to understand and admire. Overall, I felt every exhibit was easy to understand and not intimidating; subsequently, it was easy for children and adults to look at.