Virtual Exhibits

For this post, I chose to highlight the differences and similarities in the Louvre Museum in Paris and the British Museum in London. The first online exhibit I explored was the Petite Galerie in the Louvre. The Louvre first set up 3D online exhibits during the Covid pandemic for school children and the online experience…

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Why Museums Collect

After watching the videos and reading the materials this week, I got thinking about why museums collect the things that they do. Obviously, museums collect things that further their particular specialty – it wouldn’t make sense for a natural history museum to collect fine art. However, it seems that museums also collect things that further…

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