As we learned early on in class, a museum is an organized, permanent, nonprofit institution that serves both an educational and aesthetic purpose. A museum has a professional staff that cares for tangible objects and presents them to the public in a way that will make sense to visitors. I would argue that museums are…
Read MoreFrom a broad understanding of museums before looking deep into the subject is that a museum is an institution that preserves and displays historical or scientifical artifacts for the general public to see, learn, and understand. There are many different genres of museums such as art, history, cultural, etc. Even though museums had a past…
Read MoreFrom a very broad point of view a museum is a place that houses artifacts from a time before the present. That definition however, is a little too broad in my opinion. Sure, there are some museums that do seem to just hold hundreds of artifacts from a broad range of categories, but as we…
Read MoreAs learned from class, a museum is basically a non-profit organization, that is both organized and permanent, with educational or aesthetic purposes in collecting tangible objects (i.e., collections). Not only do museums store and care for their collections but they also display parts of these objects to the public on a regular schedule. Museums, in a…
Read MoreAlthough I have been attending various museums throughout my life growing up, I find this question to be a bit difficult. Regarding the question of the “ideal museum”, I would say that it would be a place for education and preservation. Then again, each museum from what I’ve experienced had a specific theme or field…
Read MoreI do not have a whole lot of experience with different kinds of museums as a kid. Growing up in Fairbanks I used to visit the Museum of the North, Community Museum, and the museums at Pioneer Park a lot. I really didn’t pay attention to the details or information once I said, “wow, that…
Read MoreAs someone who literally searches out museums wherever I go, I actually find this a little harder to answer than I thought I would! I suppose the easy answer of what a museum is, for me, is, “a facility that the public can visit that holds a collection of artifacts or objects that showcase the…
Read MoreIn essence a museum is an institution, building or place that houses historical and cultural artifacts as well as natural specimens of animals, plant and fungi for the purpose of display for visitors who wish to learn and/or enjoy the aesthetics of the items that are exhibited. I’ve had the experience and the pleasure of…
Read MoreI do not have a lot of personal experiences with museums as a patron, with much of my museum going experiences being as a tourist, with examples including the corning museum of glass and the New York Spyscape Museum, which I saw on a family trip when I was still in high school. While I…
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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