ASSIGNMENT

Topic : MUSEUM

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Jibi Teacher Julie.K.Joy

Candidate Code : 13350015

Natural Science

 

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1 Introduction 1

2 Aims and Objectives 2

3 Importance of Museum 3

4 Role of Museum 4

5 Important of Museum in biology science 5

6 Etymology 6

7 Purpose 7

8 Management 8

9 Exhibition Histories 9

10 Conclusion 10

11 National Museum 11

12 Reference 12

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Introduction

Museum is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic or

cultural interest are stored and exhibited. They are institutions that collect, safeguard

and make accessible art facts and specimens, which they hold in trust for society. This

definition includes art galleries with collection of works of art as well as museums

with historical collection of objects museum has achieved a nationally approved

standard in management, collections care and delivery of information and visitor

services. Several types of museums are seen in our world, they are national museums,

local authority museums, university museums, historical museums etc. Most large

museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in

small cities, town and even the country side. The Louvre Museum in Paris (France)

one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. The Uttizi Gallery, the

most visited in Italy and one of the most important in the world.

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Aims and Objectives

The aim of the museum is to facilitate a process of development and

organisational change within museums and galleries that are committed to active

partnership with this communities. Museum will support and develop them to place

community needs, values and active collaboration at the core of museum and gallery

work, involve communities and individuals in decision making processes and ensure

that museums and galleries play on effective role in developing community skills.

To support museums and galleries through a process of organisational change,

through which they place collaborative work at the heart of thus organisations,

building suitable partnerships with communities and involving them in decision

making

To support collaborative and reflective approaches to skills development and

learning

To establish a network of organisations who participatory practice is exemplary

and inspiring

To gather, document, analyse and disseminate** compelling evidence of

positive impact and best practice in museums and galleries of different sizes

and types, as part of a wider strategy to achieve significant shifts in

participatory practice within the sector nationwide.

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Importance of Museums

Museums provide a unique interactive experience of getting up close to things

we usually see in books, newspapers or on the television. Seeing the Monalisa for

example is a totally different experience to seeing one of the millions of printed

versions; the perception you get of something from a second-hand source is often

completely different to the one you get when you see something with your own

eyes.

In terms of education, going to a museum can bring what is taught in schools to

life, by seeing artefacts or paintings for example. If children are learning about the

Remans for example and they go to an exhibition full of armous and weapons

dating from that period, they are more likely to find it interesting and want to learn

more about it. Museums can then be an extremely valuable source of creativity,

particularly organisations such as art galleries or photography exhibitions, as many

people find they are inspired and subsequently want to try such activities

themselves.

Museums are also a significant factor in attracting tourists to an area and can

therefore be instrumental in helping the local economy in terms of supplying a

passing tracle as well as offering local people employment.

Museums are also instrumental to research programmes in this country. For

many people undertaking research, museums provide an unrivalled wealth of

information and resources as well as archives, scholars and highly trained.

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Role of the Museum

Visiting a museum is often sterotyped as an activity confined to those going on

a school trip or member of the middle or upper classes. In reality however, a trip to

a museum can be enjoyed by all and can be both a pleasurable and educational

experience. The primary role of a museum is to be a source of education, whether

it be through showcasing collections of cultural products such as pieces of art,

telling the story of something.

Today, museums are more focused than ever on the promotion of a more

interactive, wide- reaching educational experience.

Museums have made their exhibitions more enjoyable for children by making

more interactive displays and introducing concepts such as quizzes or treasure

hunts to keep children amused. Research shows that children who are regularly

taken to museums are more likely to go to them in thus adult life and therefore

creating a positive perception of museums in young children can be extremely

important.

In our modern society, it has become necessary and indeed urgent for museum

to redefine their missions, their goal their functions and their strategies to reflect

the expectations.

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Importance of Museum in biology science

Biological research museums have a mission similar to that all libraries, but

instead of preserving books, biological collections preserve individual organisms.

Collection grow continuously though activities of faculty, students and other

researches as well as by exchange with other museums. As they grow, collections

increase in value preserving samples of natural variation, documenting the

occurrence of specie in space and time, and providing a critical basis for our

understanding of species identity. Biological collections are also the source of

information regarding phytogenetic relationships, whether morphological or

genetic.

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Etymology

The English ‘Museum’ comes from the Latin word and is pluralized as

‘museums’ which denotes a place or temple dedicated to Muses (the ptron

devinilies in Greek mythology of the arts) and hence a building set apart for study

and the arts especially the Museum for philosophy and research at Alexandria by p

tolemy I Soter about 280 BCE. The first museum/ library is considered to be the

one of plate in Athens.

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Purpose

The purpose of modern museum is to collect, preserve, interpret and display

items of cultural, artistic or scientific significance for the education of the public.

The purpose can also depend on ones point of view. To a family looking for

entertainment on a Sunday afternoon, a trip to a local history museum or large city

art museum could be a fem, and enlightening way to spend the day. To city

leaders, a healthy museum community can be seen as a gauge of the economic

health of a city and a way to increase the sophistication of its inhabitants.

Museums are above all storehouses of knowledge.

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Management

The roles associated with the management a museum largely depends on the

size of the institution, but every museum has a hierarchy of governance with a

Board of Trustee serving at the top. The Director is next in command and works

with the Board to establish and fulfil the museums mission statement and to ensure

that the museum is accountable to the public. Together the Board and the Director

establish a good system of governance that is guided by various other documents

such as an institutional or strategic plan institutional code of ethics, bylaws, and

collections policy.

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Exhibitions histories

An exhibition history is a listing of exhibitions for an institution, artist or a

work of art. Exhibition histories generally include the name of the host institution,

the title of the exhibition and the opening and closing dates of the exhibition.

The following is a list of major institutions have complete have exhibition

histories.

Amon Cartee Museum, Fortworth, Texas (1961-Present)

Brooklyn Museum (1846-present)

The Art Institute of Chicago (1883-present)

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (1948-present)

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC (1901-present)

Dahesh Museum of Art, New York (1995-present)

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Conclusion

A museum is an importance that cares for collection of artefacts and other

objects of scientific artistic, cultural historical importance and makes them

available for public viewing Museums provide interactive experience of getting up

close to things we usually only see in books, newspaper or on the television. The

Louvre Museum in Paris (France) one of the largest and most famous museums in

the world. In terms of education going to a museum can bring what is taught in

Schools to life, by-seeing artifacts or paintings for example. Museum are also

significant factor in attracting tourists and also to instrumental to research

programs in this country.

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National Museums

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Reference

http.museum victoria.com.au/Melbourne museum/

http.//ww.victoria museumorg/

Dictionary Reference.com/browse/museum