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Showing 1 to 20 of 98 for “"Art museum"”.
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Engaging Young Children in the Art Museum: An Educational Criticism of an Art Museum Summer Class
… for four- and five-year-old students in an art museum summer class. Utilizing Eisner’s theory on qualitative research, educational criticism and connoisseurship (1998), the researcher interviewed, observed, and received responses to a questionnaire in order to describe, interpret, and …
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St. Nicholas Magazine: A Portable Art Museum
… monthly. Illustrations and reproductions of fine art and architecture from Antiquity, the Old Masters, and contemporary academic artists illustrated fictional serials, accompanied art historical information, and stood alone as art work for the reader to visually consider. Innovative page layouts …
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An art museum for a small city
… purpose of this thesis to justify the need of an art museum for each sizeable community. The role that the museum plays in society has long been recognized. The art museum, as now conceived, fits into the pattern of everyone's daily life. It rightfully belongs somewhere near the hub of the …
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An art museum for Manila in the Philippines
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1958.
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Information Needs of Art Museum Visitors: Real and Virtual
Museums and libraries are considered large repositories of human knowledge and human culture. They have similar missions and goals in distributing accumulated knowledge to society. Current digitization projects allow both, museums and libraries to reach a broader audience, share their resources …
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The evolution of the private art museum in Mexico
… funded exhibition spaces for contemporary art in Mexico. Driving this development is a new generation of art collectors and my research project is concerned with how collector-led models of patronage have influenced the recognition, impact and public display of contemporary art in Mexico. …
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An addition to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
Thesis. 1977. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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The art of ambiguity : (experiencing the Kimbell Art Museum)
This thesis examines the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, designed and executed between 1966 and 1972 by the architect Louis I. Kahn. This study responds to a series of design related questions raised in the author's mind upon visiting the Kimbell museum on June 22, 2000. The work will …
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The American Public Art Museum: Formation of its Prevailing Attitudes
The history of the art museum's growth in America is presented in this thesis to place the development of the public art museum in the proper context. The museum has absorbed its sense of worth and power from the people who shaped its policy and believed in its ability to accomplish positive feats. …
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Learning by doing : adult studio activities in an art museum
… the learning context of studio activities in an art museum as it relates to adult learners. Six adult participants in studio activities were interviewed after having taken activities at the National Gallery of Canada. Their learning experiences are detailed and analyzed, and related to …
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The George Pemba Art Museum: how memory translates to design
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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The History and Educational Legacy of the Manchester Art Museum, 1886-1898
… thesis examines the history of the Manchester Art Museum (Manchester, England), which was founded by Thomas Coglan Horsfall (1841-1932) in 1886. It considers the museum’s permanent collections and its programming from 1886 to 1898 with brief notes on the later years of the institution. While, …
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State of the art: museum additions and their impact on occupant experience
… takes a critical look at the effects of art museum additions on occupants by addressing key questions: How does museum addition design affect visitors’ and museum employees’ perceptions and experiences of “front stage” areas such as art galleries compared to employees perceptions and …
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The Collection Displays of the Ateneum Art Museum in 1915, 1931 and 1959
… with studying the display history of the Ateneum Art Museum’s collection. It utilises the photographic documentation of the collection displays from 1915, 1931 and 1959 as its primary source material. On each occasion the collection hang was renewed by a different Chief Curator. Thus, the images …
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Understanding Contradictions in Times of Change: A CHAT Analysis in an Art Museum
Art museums are moving increasingly toward community and experience-based practices and away from traditional modes of operating. This research explores change at an art museum through the lens of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), specifically as it relates to the education department. By …
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Children's perceptions of their personal collections in relation to their art museum experiences
This study uses a particular orientation of Qualitative Research, referred to as action research or teacher-as-researcher, to investigate the potential of children's experiences of collecting and arranging their own collections as a link to response to objects in an art museum. A series of …
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Museums and schools: strengthening relationships between an art museum educator and local teachers
… of practice consisting of local teachers and an art museum educator. Research goals included teacher professional development and museum educator professional development. The evolution of the educator group was studied over 16 months, during which time several events and collaborations took …
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