Bedford Whaling Museum Analysis

We view historical preservation as very important. This year we helped the Secretary of State with a biographical project, Legacy

Conversations between the individuals were being held in relaxed manner before the meeting was called to order. The meeting for the Oshkosh Area Public Museum began at 4:00 pm on March 5, 2015; together the group of twelve individuals sat around the tables that were pushed together to form a square. The meeting was held in the basement of the Oshkosh Museum, this room seemed overly crowded as the walls were piled with boxes to the ceiling and various art displays lay on the surrounding tables. The contents of the boxes were filled with various art displays. The board members surrounded the table, separated by gender. The men were all sitting on one half of the square; while the women were sitting in a group on the other. Three individuals distinguished themselves apart from the others. Seated in the middle of the three was Brad Larson, the museum’s director. To the left was Gary Haffeman, the president of the board, and sitting to the right of Larson was Theresa Brooks, who serves as the recorder for the board meetings.

Chapter three presents Jessie Barker Gardner and George Gardner as twentieth century antique collectors based in Providence New England. The couple were small time, middle-class antique collectors. They were interested in the philanthropic area of collecting. The Gardner’s sought to make a connection between the collegiate space and the museum. Eventually, the Gardner’s donated many of their most prized collectables to Brown University. They implemented very crafty and effective sales techniques. Their goal was to “subvert the market and capture the antiques at bargain prices.” Though Jessie and George Gardner relished the pursuit of collecting and philanthropy, it was almost always about the profitability. This discussion offers a connection to Thomas Denenberg’s use of Wallace Nutting. Like Nutting, the Gardner’s excelled in a plethora of marketing techniques and entrepreneurship. She further links the importance of consumer culture that Denenberg alludes too.

During my residency experience, I had the opportunity to consult on various projects and observe the administrative structure at the museum. I was impressed with the museum’s culture of cultivating risk-taking projects through team building partnerships that allow the public to engage with history, culture and science in various ways.

Meringolo’s study of the history of institutions like the Smithsonian and the National Park Service as

The Blue Whale has been an endangered species for a really long time now. People believe that the blue whale is the largest species that has ever existed. In the world there is 3 different types of blue whales. You have the Northern Blue Whale, the Southern Blue Whale, and the Pygmy Whale. The blue whale population is going down because people are hunting them. These humans have been hunting these whales for over 100 years now. The Blue Whales are now in a legal protection and the last whale that was being hunt was in the 1970s. The Blue Whale plays a big important part in our health. They help grow our ecosystem and now that they are not being killed or hunted they are starting to have more and more Blue Whales.

The Ocean Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that focuses on protecting and preserving marine wildlife and its habitats. The Ocean Conservancy was founded in 1972 as the Delta Corporation. One of the Ocean Conservancy’s first priorities was starting the ‘Whale Protection Fund’, which advocated for the saving of whales from hunters and protesting commercial whaling by countries in Asia and Europe. The organization realized that they had to raise support from the public to invest in scientific research. Soon, they were able to spread the message and raise awareness about the whaling industry. The organization’s effort paid off in 1982, when the International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling.

In the movie, “The Night of the Museum”, things go wrong all of the time. A curator has to maintain order and educate people about the items in the museum. This paper will explore the job description, work environment, pay, and overall job outlook for curator.

1. What have the museum curators identified as the central theme of this exhibit? Explain how curators understand this topic, its causes, and its consequences. How is this particular interpretation reflected in the exhibit? (Give specific examples).

The protection and preservation of artifacts of historic purposes and value have been a concerned of the government and the people to learn about the past to help understand the future. To carry out this need the museum was created as a place built to have high valuable artifacts in one secured convent place. Eventually these high valuable artifacts will become high valuable targets. This would result in a security system to prevent and protect these artifacts.

The Museum´s mision is to stimulate the interest of kids to learn more things about the history of their country. The Museum also have theatre that present perfomances about how was live in that times ? and what were their traditions, custom, clothes, etc.. , for adults they have a theatre that perform how parents treated their childrens? and for teens they have a perform about how do people meet without using networks

Whales have been around on Earth for many years. One thing that originated due to the population of the speices is whaling. Whaling is the act of hunting for whales whether in the need for food, for scientific research, or for commercial reasons. It was not until the 1920’s when the concern for the decrease in whale population was brought to light by the Director of the British Museum, Sidney Harmer (Hoare, 2014). The sudden awareness for the number of whales brought on the “Save the Whales” title, which was used in 1924. By 1930, the League of Nations started to focus on the problem at hand. The focus that was put on the whaling population, brought on many organizations that tried to assist in the regrowth of the whale species.

One task that must be done is the update of the library. As previously stated, the library is in possession of magazines and books from contemporary times to archive. Every month or so, new magazines are sent to the museum to be archived. While this may

When considering a job at an institution, it is important to review their financial statements and make educated deductions regarding the financial health of the organization. The Statement of Revenues and Expenses that the County Museum of Wonder (CMW) has shared does leave many questions unanswered, especially considering that there only two years shown on this document; consequently, we are limited as to what speculations may be reasonably asserted regarding long-term trends. Despite these limitations, there is a wealth of important information that can be teased out from this statement that provides an informative snapshot of the CMW’s financial health.

Bishoff and Allen (2004) state that “most cultural heritage institutions are mission driven; their primary purpose is to support and promote the public good.” Just as The National Maritime Museum mission statement is “to illustrate for everyone the importance of sea, ships, time and stars and their relationship with people”. Swan (2012), explained in her presentation that “this is the largest maritime museum in the world which attracted 2.45 million visitors in 2010 /2011 and 709.000 visitors just at the National Maritime Museum alone”.