Maylasia's National Archives is Our Nation's Heritage Treasures

Historic treasures and artifacts are often donated to or purchased by other nations to place in their museums. Often museums are given the objects with full cooperation from the originating country, but sometimes they are stolen or given for protection such as in a time of war. When nations want the artifacts returned it can cause a disagreement with the other nations of who the rightful owner is.

The declaration begins with both a condemnation of current illicit trafficking of artefacts and a dismissal of objections regarding the circumstances of historical acquisitions. In stating that “objects acquired in earlier times must be viewed in the light of different sensitivities and values, reflective of that earlier era,” the directors dismiss the sometimes highly unsavoury circumstances that led to the acquisition of certain museum objects. (Declaration on the Importance and Value of Universal Museums, 2004) The ethical and legal aspects of acquisition are important considerations when

Museums collect information to show to the public for educational advancement and personal enjoyment. Museum curators have a very imperative job, when it comes to the success of a museum. Museum curators take the time and dedication to find artifacts that not only fit the theme of the museum but they also have to consider price, authenticity, and origin. The artifacts chosen mush hold a “Wow” factor registering remembrance and relevance into the minds of its visitors. The artifacts should be chosen based upon significance not the monetary value.

Museum of Fine Arts, a government-funded museum that houses a collection of 19th and 20th

For this museum paper, I went to the Heritage of the Americas Museum at Cuyamaca College. The Heritage of the Americas Museum is a cultural and educational facility featuring the prehistoric and historic art, culture and natural history of the Americas; North, South and Central America. Even though this museum is specializes in housing early inhabitants of the Americas art and artifacts, they do posses some non-western pieces, specifically Chinese, which coincidentally became my favorite item out of all the exhibits and is what I chose to do my research on for this paper. But before I getting into one specific piece out of literally hundreds, I want to rewind back and discuss the Museum’s as a whole, and why I chose this one in particular instead

What I have found surprising about my professional experience so far is how much I have come to enjoy conducting oral histories and working in an archival setting. While volunteering with the Los Alamos Historical Society, my mentor has given me the primary task of helping them complete their oral history project, which has been an ongoing project for the society for nearly a year and a half. The oral history project has provided me with a new perspective of the past. The other task that my mentor has given me is to help the historical society to catalog their archive’s artifacts. I was surprised while cataloging the archive’s artifacts the amount of photographs, videos, and many other historical objects that the historical society possesses. While the projects that my mentor has instructed me to work on while volunteering with the historical society has surprised me in several ways, I

I don’t know. What type of related works are available in this collection? I think it is just radio programs, I guess. Which publishers released an audio book version of the Destiny of the Republic on a CD? I clicked on that, format, audio book, CD. Is it which publishers? So, multiple publishers, books on tape, Random House audio. I think that is it. You need an

Trustee Manuals which contain copies of Museum of the Ancient Egyptian Art 's mission, code of ethics, bylaws, collection policy, accession and deaccession policy, Museum’s acquisition policy, and strategic plan, as well as lists of museum’s staff, trustees, trustee committees.

National Archives - National archives are the archives of a nation-state. Lake Merced is down the road.

Using our own experience in the archives, we created a story of a young girl’s first experience using an archive with regards to her family history in order to teach about the functions of an archive.

f. Bibliographies Cook, M. G. (1999). Managing archives. London, UK: International Records Management Trust. Hedegaard, R. (2004). The benefits of archives, libraries and museums working together: a Danish case of shared databases.

There is a visitor centre filled with "artifacts", many of which clearly appear to have a questionable authenticity, several rangers designated to deliver explanations and a lot of practiced monologue, and a film room where approximately 50 patrons can be seated to view a recorded narrative and hundreds of stills composed in something of a slide show.

An archive is the limited selection of texts, performances and/or time periods that the author is studying and using to support their argument.

The focus of acquisitions should be to address conspicuous weakness in the current collection. At the National Museum of Singapore, one of the conspicuous weaknesses includes objects which represent the minority communities in Singapore, hence the need to acquire artefacts that address this gap. The current collection is insufficient for presenting a balanced and objective narrative on the subject.

The Cambridge Dictionary Online defined museums as “places of study, buildings where objects of historical, scientific or artistic interest are kept, preserved and exhibited”. To The Museums Association, a museum is “an institution which collects documents, preserves, exhibits and interprets material evidence and associated information for the public benefit”. Since 1998, this definition has changed. Museums now enable the public to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment. They are institutions that collect, safeguard and make accessible artefacts and specimens, which they hold in trust for society. Mike Wallace (1996) categorised museums into four distinct types, namely National Museums that hold collection of