For this discussion I chose to write about the Anchorage Museum and the Swedish History Museum. I found navigating the Anchorage Museum’s website to be quite easier to find the right tabs or any accessible information I may have needed. The Swedish Museums website is originally in Swedish, but nowadays with the technology we have;…
Read MoreFor this discussion I decided to write about Nancy Rubins, Chas’ Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson’s Airplane Parts, About 1,000 Pounds of Stainless Steel Wire, and Gagosian’s Beverly Hills Space at MOCA (2002). I took a bit of time deciding what museum to go with and explore; every time I clicked a museum of interest, I…
Read MoreThis item. UAM:EH:0585-5775AB, an Unangax̂ grass woven basket, was collected by Captain James Simpson MacKinnon. this item is currently in collections, not on exhibit. Arctos does not have any information on who may have woven the basket or where it may have been found on the field, just assumptions that it came from the east…
Read MoreLiving collections serve different purposes. Depending on if its for education or research. Whether it is to help plants or animals that may be exposed to extinction, so they can regrow or repopulate. To be placed back into their natural habitat or learning how to link plants to humans for medicinal purposes or even preserve…
Read More` These past modules have given me a sense on why museums collect, if it within the museum’s collection policy, which is a core document in supporting the mission and vision of the museum, aesthetic purposes like some art galleries, educational aspects of a certain topic, to document evolution, or to try and create unity…
Read MoreFor this discussion I will be sharing about the Mingei International Museum in Santa Barbara. I had trouble finding a museum that fitted into cultural and natural history. Here is some context pulled from the site; The Museum was founded in 1916 by William Leon Dawson as the Museum of Comparative Oology. In 1923, thanks…
Read MoreIn Friday’s zoom meeting most have mentioned how they have theoretically bounced around until they found the job they intended to be in or have gained enough experience to be in the position they are at now. You gain better connections and relationships with colleagues and guests. You get to know other roles; to be…
Read MoreI do not have much personal experiences on the inner workings of museums or just a general knowledge of museums in general. There may be different categories of Natural Museums as I have just learned. When I think of Natural History Museums, I think of skeletons or fossils of dinosaurs, extinct mammals, plants, or animals…
Read MoreI have not visited many museums, nor have I traveled out of state much. My knowledge on museums is little to none because I am new on this subject. I have gone to the Anchorage Museum and Alaska Native Heritage Center here in Alaska. Some other museums I have visited were the United States Holocaust…
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