Introduction On Saturday 14th January 2017, I visited the Indian Caribbean Museum. The museum is situated at #10 Swami Avenue, Don Miguel, San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago. It is located nearby the temple in the sea at Waterloo. It is also stationed directly opposite the Waterloo Hindu Temple. The museum is a small flat building which consists of ancient artifacts. The museum 's large collection has been acquired through field trips by managers of the institution. The collection of artifacts comprises of old items such as musical instruments, agricultural objects, cooking utensils, pieces of clothing, ancient photographs and historical books. These different artifacts are separated by glass cases and are properly labeled. Some artifacts …show more content…
The museum is managed and owned by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha and other committee members. The director, Mr. Satnarayan Maharaj, Mr. Ramjit Maharaj, the chairman, the vice chairman Dr. Kumar Mahabir, the curator, Saisbhan Jokhan, the vice curator, Ann Marie Ramhit, and twelve other committee members are the managers of the museum. The last Saturday of each month the committee members get together for a meeting. At this meeting the curator would report to the committee. The committee makes decisions and decides on how to improve and develop the museum in the best way possible. Also on the first Wednesday of each month the curator reports to the executive of the Maha Sabha. The museums superior collections comprises of unique resources and artifacts of immigrants who settled in Trinidad and Tobago. It includes cooking utensils, historical and religious books, ancient photographs, musical instruments, agricultural objects, jewelry, clothing and forms of transportation (bicycle).
Discussion of Selected Artifacts Three types of artifacts that interested me the most at the museum are the agricultural objects, the cooking utensils and clothing. The agriculture objects such as: cutlass, pick axe, axe grinding stone and grass knife (hassawa). The grinding stone also known as the Jata in hindi was used by each plantation. Every
Museums have long served a purpose as cultural staples. For every museum, big and small, careful consideration is used in selecting its contents. When securing new items for a museum, it is most important to consider public appeal, educational value, and cost-effectiveness.
Except for the Visitor Center, which offers exhibits that includes artifacts found in the vicinity, a visit to
The museum focuses on teaching and making visitors aware of the local culture that once was. Its main exhibits are farming tools and items you would see and use on a working
It makes sense to approach a museum the way a seasoned traveler approaches visiting a city for the first time. Find out what there is available to see. In the museum, find out what sort of exhibitions are currently housed in the museum and start with the exhibits that interest you.
The planning for this museum began in the 1990s when the state and local leaders began discussing creating a hands-on facility that will educate visitors about the Gulf of Mexico. The displays and exhibits include America’s Sea, Tools of the Trade, plus many more!
The 22,000 square-foot exhibition space contains more than 20 galleries. This museum showcases over 30,000 artifacts. The exhibitions are set up as a time traveling experience that takes visitors across hundreds of years and across the globe. The journey begins in Africa, the cradle of human life and continues on to the slave trade, and the contribution to African culture. In the end, the journey discloses with remarkable triumphs in medicine,
Many people visit museums to view antiquities. They enjoy seeing these relics of the ancient world as a way of understanding past cultures and sometimes connecting with their own heritage. This evidence was found in the passage, “Returning Antiquities to Their Countries of Origin” by Joyce Mortimer paragraph 1. Cultural artifacts should not be returned to their region of origin because some people don’t have enough money to travel to China or Brazil to go look at ancient artifacts from the past. So they should bring these ancient trinkets to places like America and Canada so people around the world can study different cultures to learn more about the life around use.
There is also another museum called Francisco Taquechel. It was a townhouse that was turned into a pharmacy k 1898. It was changed in 1996 to be a pharmacy and a museum. It has 19th century medical equipment. This includes French porcelain Apothecary’s jars and instruments. These were found at the center of the city. There was also a century-old French porcelain water filter. The museum actually sells many health supplies from today. There is many shelves full of this type of
The things that I visited National Museum of American Indian (NMAI) was unforgettable and sad. In 13.07.16, I visited museum with my Johns hopkins classmate and English tutor by walk. It was so hot, sweat that was exactly same korea’s summer. it was tough. By the way, we arrived at NMAL and we are hanging around with guide. First, we went 4th floor that show ‘who we are’ indicate native’s history.
The main culture building included artifacts in different categories. The first room was the information desk and gift shop. The two museum guides were unable to present a tour, but they happily offered any assistance if needed. The, the room at the right featured the first gallery. Rather than one category, the room presented relics
each Federal agency and each museum which has possession or control over holdings or collections of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects shall compile an inventory of such items and, to the extent possible based on information possessed by such museum or Federal agency, identify the geographical and cultural affiliation of such item (Native 1990).
In display were other wooden domestic equipment such as wooden pestle and mortar, a spade and a spear. Pottery was not left out of the exhibition as there were several pots, weaving was represented by the skin thread and a hat. Finally, necklaces and other valuable ornaments were in this part of the museum too.
As far as I can recall my existing knowledge from kindergarten to high school, Columbus has always been described as a heroic figure who overcame countless obstacles fearlessly and finally found the “New World.” For a long time, there were numerous authors, poets, and painters praising Columbus’s legendary journey and his extraordinary contribution to mankind. However, after reading “The Discovery of the Bahamas,” the sailing logs written by Columbus, I figured that Columbus may not be such a man who is worthy of all the praises. There are two literary works related to the subjects. The painting, “Christopher Columbus at the royal court of Spain,” was created in 1884 by Václav Brožík, and depicts Columbus requesting, from Queen Isabella, King Ferdinand and groups of courtiers, funding for additional voyages. The poem, “Prayer of Columbus,” written by Walt Whitman in 1874, expresses Columbus’s praise of God for all his achievements, believing that God would still be on his side even though he had been through all the sufferings. While Brožík’s painting creates imagery, directly expressing Columbus’s ambition by his posture, and implied Spaniards’ eagerness of power and building empires with the reactions of Queen Isabella I and Ferdinand V and a gathering of courtiers, Whitman employs repetition and religious iconography to create a sharp contrast between Columbus’s fearless, unconquerable mind in his early life and his helplessness at the end of his last voyage.
Being the foremost museum of Mumbai and the second oldest museum of India, Dr. BhauJi Lad Museum is a home to the rich treasures of bygone era. The infrastructure of this museum is marvelous, thanks to its renaissance style building, majestic pillars, vibrant Minton tiles and a high roof. It houses more than 3500 artifacts, paintings, maps, crafts and dioramasrevolving aroundthe history of Mumbai. The best thing about this museum is that here your
Collections play a crucial role in fulfilling a museum’s mission and purpose. A museum’s collection is defined by its collection policy past and present which in turn helps to shape the museum’s goals and direction. As stewards of collections, museums are expected to maintain the highest professional standards legally and ethically.