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    Museum of Tomorrow Characters: Isabelle, 20 years old from Rio, chirpy, excited Chase: 20 years old, lives in Australia (won’t be having a dialogue anywhere ) Script: Dear Chase, It is good to know that your summer holidays alredy started.Knowing you,I am sure you already have a calendar full of plans with your university mates.I am looking forward to hearing from you about your crazy summer days.(soft laughs) I am still left with a long week of exams to tackle.(tired sigh)Wish me luck

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    Many different museums surround the West Michigan area and are the storage centers of the history of our counties, state, and country. When visiting a museum many people take in the sights and displays but never understand the work behind the scenes that when into providing the great historic exhibits. Many of museums are free admission or a slight admission fee but that small amount of profit is barely enough to keep the lights on. So one may ask how do museum economically survive if there is very

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    The Role of Museums in Community Engagement The information contained in museums is meant to represent changing and new ideas that are present within a given society. Whether museums contain historic artifacts, modern art, or other pieces, they are meant to represent people living in the past, present, and sometimes future. As such, they also act as educational modalities to help students and adults understand more about the world around them. An important component of museums in many instances

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    Webster’s dictionary defines a museum as an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting value. Before I have taken this museum anthropology course, I felt that Webster’s definition of a museum provided me, my own interpretation of what a museum is based upon my past experiences visiting them. However, my definition of a museum has drastically changed since I started to read the first set of assigned articles. Both Karp’s and Handler’s articles provide their

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    Jim Crow Museum Report

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    personally love looking at museums and learning about past history. Looking at this website regarding the Jim Crow Museum, I feel that this museum provides a plethora of items and exhibits to provide the onlooker with accurate information about what occurred to blacks throughout history. This was a horrible time in history when blacks were not seen as equals and were not given many rights, if any. With that being said, I feel that some of the exhibits and items in this museum might provide “mixed feelings”

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    1. Name of museum: Kingston Museum and Heritage Service 2. Name of governing body: Kingston Upon Thames 3. Date on which this policy was approved by governing body: 17/02/2015 4. Date at which this policy is due for review: 17/02/2015 5. Museum’s statement of purpose 5.1. I am not sure of the museum’s statement. 6. An overview of current object handling 6.1. Unknown and not readily available for public knowledge 7. Themes and priorities for future object handling 7.1. Any contact or movement of an

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    Comprehensive Exam Question 2: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) promotes evidence-based evaluation. For a type of library of your choice discuss the use of outcomes and impact measures to develop sound evaluation practices. Use IMLS and association tools to craft your answer. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) within the National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities. The two programs were combined and established in September 30, 1996. The program has been in

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    The Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art collections, including artifacts and objects relating to the different periods of ancient Egyptian history, starting from the prehistoric period until the Greek roman period. The museum maintains an information system consisting of all the records pertaining to the museum’s collection. The principle components of this system are as following: 1. Board of Trustees Records: The Board of Trustees Records reflect the activities of Museum of the Ancient Egyptian Art

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    Exhibitions are narrative tools which museums and other public institutions assemble to inform, engage and inspire their visitors. The exhibitions are developed using variety of communicative process which generates visitor learning and interpretation on various levels. The understanding of the message largely depends on effective visitor engagement and participation. It is not about ‘what’ you present but how to present it. Each visitor develops their own interpretation based on prior knowledge

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    1. The museum I went to was the Salvador Dali Museum. The Dali Museum is located in Downtown St. Petersburg near the University of South Florida St. Pete. 2. The Salvador Dali Museum is a Modern Art museum which includes works from the artist Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali’s painted from the 1920’s to the 1980’s. 3. I visited the Salvador Dali Museum on Tuesday April 5, 2016. I went at around 3:30 after I was let out of class. Before going to the Dali museum I took the time to research what style

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