Ballston Museum History

The Robert Russa Moton Museum, is located in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. In 1939 it was known as Robert Russa Moton High School. It was a single-story brick building that contained six classrooms and a small auditorium. The building was holding about five-hundred students yet it was built to only hold one-hundred and eighty students. This was a school for African Americans students only. The large well equipped whites only Farmville High School served as a reminder to the students of Moton High School that it was separate but definitely not equal. There were many major differences between the two high schools. In Monton High School they were forced to learn in shack like buildings that lacked a proficient heating source. The

Over the spring break, my parents decided to take me to visit colleges. Of the two colleges we visited, one of them is located near Washington D.C. We were supposed to visit Georgetown University, but we had one day to relax, so my family decided to visit the National Gallery of Art. My dad originally suggested the Smithsonian Museum, but my said that on Yelp, the National Gallery of Art was ranked 1st in museums in Washington, which is much better than Smithsonian, which was ranked 12th. So, we left our hotel and arrived at the museum just as soon as it opened.

Festival was brought to you by the dedication of Shinnecock museum staff and volunteers, the generousity of our donors, and the support of the Village of Southampton.

I visited the Bakersfield Museum of Art this weekend and it was a great experience. The museum had different exhibits. Each exhibit had its own significance and had beautiful artwork. The first exhibit I visited was in the Chevron Gallery. This gallery was filled with oil paintings of landscapes, still life, and abstract paintings. The best thing about this exhibit was how it was prepared by the summer art camp program called “A Fresh Look”. The summer art program is where a group of children, ages 7 to 12, study major elements of art and the process of putting together an exhibition. Once they have become familiar with the art elements and exhibition construction, they choose a

Early Saturday morning, I attended the Historic Brownsville Museum. I remembered visiting before to utilize the restroom since it was the only building close to the cemetery where I was volunteering. The restrooms were awesome because of their antiquity therefore I attended one more time for this project. As I entered for the second time, I saw shelves of merchandise or souvenirs from the museum. The lady up front charged my friend and I two dollars and gave us directions of the different halls and what types of exhibits we would encounter. We then proceeded to the first exhibits on the right of the entrance. I was ready for this adventure!

Even though I have resided in Bell County my entire life, I was completely unaware of the rich history that it provided. It wasn’t until this assignment that I learned of the many great and terrible times that our county has been faced with. The Bell County Museum displays a walk through account of all the major events we have faced as a community; from the Great Bell County Rail Road Controversy of the 1880’s to the end of the Cotton Reign in the 1950’s and beyond, the museum focuses on the immediate effects to our local community.

Washington, D. C. is not only one of the most popular tourists destinations in the United States, but because it is the capital of the United States, there is an enormous amount of history associated with the city. In fact, you could never see all of the great sites in one visit, but if you only visit this city once, there are three sites that you must see on your trip. The following is a brief description of these sites.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. The main Neoclassical architectural style building is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City, New York. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. It was founded in 1870 with a mission to collect, preserve, and display works of art. In 1866 a group of Americans gathered at a restaurant to celebrate the Fourth of July. After dinner, John Jay, a prominent lawyer gave a speech proposing that he and his compatriots decided to create a “national institution and gallery of art.” In the next four years, they convinced American civic leaders, art collectors, and philanthropists to support the project, and finally in 1870 the Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated. During the 1870s the museum was housed in two different locations in New York City, first in a building at 681 Fifth Avenue and later at 128 West 14th Street. In 1880 the museum moved to its present location in Central Park on Fifth Avenue between 80th and 84th Streets. The museum moved to this land to make a permanent home for the collections. This original Gothic Revival-style brick building, designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mold, was opened to

On the de Young Museum’s website allotted for the Art of Americas exhibit, it describes the background and the importance of the different cultures that it chooses to feature through their art. The site chronicles how the collection provides insight into the thriving civilizations of the North and South America before the actual Spanish Conquest, that brought many their demise. It points out the general themes of the entire exhibit itself, “human and divine rule, the importance of ritual life, relationships between this life and the afterworld, shamanism … and adoration of or curiosity about the natural world”. This gives the potential visitor an idea of the background, not only of the pieces,

In March of 2010, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History marked its 100th anniversary with the opening of the Hall of Human Origins exhibit. The Hall of Human Origins is comprised of information that takes museum-goers back in time to witness human development over the course of thousands of years and its impact on the world. For many, this exhibit serves as an environment that fosters learning, increases knowledge, and sparks interest in anthropic history. Yet for others, this exhibit sticks out like a sore thumb, due to the fact that an exhibit based on the premise of evolution goes entirely against what a large majority of Americans still hold to be true- creationism. The support for creationism and backlash against evolution has remained ever present despite years of knowledge accumulation within the scientific community. This plethora of discovery is laid out on the table as the sections of the exhibit delve into a variety of topics ranging from the origins of language, social structure, and our impact on the earth throughout the years. Despite the sections being seemingly geared towards pro-evolution museum goers, it is evident, through observation, that the museum developers had the goal of appealing to creationists as well. They did this through finding common ground on both the side of evolutionists and creationists, common ground which is rooted in anthropocentrism. The language and rhetoric used within the Hall of Human Origins emphasizes the anthropocentric

This summer, the Smithsonian museum has appointed me to travel through history in their time machine to collect six artifacts for their latest exhibit, The History of Communication Technology. All of the artifacts need to be able to fit into one backpack, and reflect the time and place the object was from. The technology of communication represents the change as well as the continuity of how cultural ideas spread from one person to another throughout history. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to travel in a time machine to learn about the past of communication technology.

The Whitehall Historical Society would like to extend an invitation to the Mayor and City Council to join us at our annual Christmas meeting on Wednesday, December 9 at 6:30. The meeting will be held at the MCL Cafeteria on E. Main. We’ve reserved the group room towards the far right as you exit the cafeteria line; people will start to arrive around 6:00 to purchase their meals, etc.

I have always loved the National Museum of Natural History, ever since I visited for the first time in fourth grade. My favorite exhibitions are definitely those dealing with animals or space, but I cannot pick a favorite. When I found out about the opportunity to volunteer at the museum, I was extremely excited, since the program seemed to be perfect for me. I have experience in teaching and talking in front of groups of people, but I want to take it a step further by talking and being a guide in a busier, more demanding setting. Plus, volunteering at the museum would be a dream come true since I could see the exhibitions every other week; you learn something new every time you visit. Lastly, and least importantly, I want to volunteer

neighborhood. Outside the museum there was a cool statue of a horse with two discs on each side. The statue symbolizes travel and passing from one place to another, which is exactly what I have been doing for the last month. The Museum of London gave a rich history of London from the foundations to the modern day. In the industrial era section I noticed a glass case and inside were souvenirs of the Boer-War, including a fan, some pictures, a ribbon, and pins. There were lots of extravagant dresses and items in the museum demonstrating the wealth of England. In the afternoon we went to the Spitalfields market and had free time to shop. I bought a dress for the theater and a scarf. I also had some fabulous margarita pizza and freshly squeezed

In an era of fast-paced social transformations, museums as social institutions are faced with more challenges than ever before. New cultural policy, economic pattern shift, technological innovation and other factors are all putting the pressure on. Management therefore becomes extremely vital to museums as to all industries, and at the core of it lies the issue of forward planning. Forward planning, of which Stuart Davies has made a definition (1996,7), is a process that can guide museums through the difficult times, producing better services and greater efficiency. As the product of this process, a forward plan then should be able to help museums in sticking to their set goals, monitoring the fulfillment of schedule and continuing with strategic thinking. However, having a written document does not necessarily guarantee museums a secure future. Though there are no rules that must be complied with in the composition, there are indeed standards relating to the nature of museum management involved and in need of appropriate address.