Author: MoHagani Magnetek

In my search for circumpolar north museums to compare/contrast with an Alaskan museum I find the Canadian Museum for Human Rights remarkably interesting. From what I can tell, they don’t have a mission statement rather a mandate that works the same way a mission statement does. Their mandate is to, “…explore the subject of human…

On this search to find a controversy that was not talk about in this week’s module, I came across a cringeworthy article published in in The Journal of Museum Education titled, “The Eye of the Beholder” by Janet Kamien, 1998 that speaks about the Endings: An Exhibit about Death and Loss exhibition at the Boston Children’s Museum…

Who is a good collaborator and who doesn’t play well with others is where I’m going with this assignment post. It is darn near impossible to compare online museum exhibitions because all there is to see art the results of their works. Though the websites may look great with solid information or accessible data collections,…

For this assignment on media, I chose to explore museums that focus on video games because I like games. I visited the Digital Game Museum located in Silicon Valley, California. According to its website, the museum houses, and exhibits, “…artifacts relating to digital games, game development, game design, and gaming culture.” The museum preserves, presents…

I chose the historic 8mm film and group of stone tools for this assignment. The 8mm film is listed on Ebay as, “6 Vintage World In Color Productions 8mm Movies Of Alaska,” for $40. That sounds like a steal of a deal to me. Until I receive the 8mm film in the mail after purchases…

I decided to take this opportunity to explore more of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work. Rather than searching for his work in various museum databases, I searched for his name to see what databases includes some of his works and came across the online database, “artnet.com” and was surprised to see they have quite a bit of…

Although I think living museums are niche… only relevant to the people that take interest to them they can possess many problems ranging from upkeep, personnel staffing to security breaches. Living history museum don’t move me. I think they are cool and great for children because it’s a way of telling history through performance art. I…

Museums collect artifacts and art for both educational and enjoyment purposes. The collection and display of artifacts is a way to connect people living in the present to the past in that they are given to opportunity to examine material culture in a safe and curated environment. The curation of the past aids in making…

There are not many museums out there that has both natural history and cultural collections. In my search I came across the Los Angeles Museum, but their main focus is the La Brea Tar Pits which is cool but doesn’t help me much with this excitement. I asked my wife if she knew of any…