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Showing 1 to 20 of 750 for “"museums"”.
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Museums That "Matter": An Analysis of Four History Museums
Museums have, in recent years, experienced an increasing amount of pressure to fulfill their role as public institutions for both education and entertainment. For museums to ensure their success in this role, they must constantly investigate their operations in order to maximize their …
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Crowdfunding in Museums
… and have made it a viable mode of fundraising in museums. Museums have used crowdfunding to raise funds for a wide variety of purposes including purchasing property, construction, disaster recovery, exhibition production, educational programs, and artifact conservation. An increasing number of …
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Circulation In Museums
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Representative Volunteerism in Museums
<p>While increasing diversity is becoming more commonplace, it still remains a difficult subject to approach and handle effectively and correctly. This project is important because it will help to remove the invisible barriers that make institutions categorize groups based on race, class, gender, …
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Storytelling in Art Museums
<p>Storytelling, in the context of art museums, is a method of communicating the qualities and attributes of art through a story. It helps the visitor bring the work of art to life and understand something the eye cannot see, a compelling narrative. It is important for visitors to discuss art and …
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Living collections in museums.
… uniquely dynamic nature of living collections in museums. Emphasis will be placed on the interaction between the living collection and the staff members directly responsible for their care. An historical account of living collections in museums will be given as well as an introduction to this …
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Museums as Artifacts: How Architecture and History Influence Museums and the Visitor Experience
… its use today through the case studies of six museums in Central Texas.
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Museums and material culture: Regionalism versus nationalism in the archaeological museums of Greece
… that the material culture is being used in the museums to shape national narratives and promote nationalism. This is not the full story, however. With the introduction of New Museum Theory in the 1980’s and its spread to the Greece in the following decades, regional and local museums are …
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American Cultural Icons in Museums
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Navigating Barriers in Taiwanese Museums
… with disabilities. The social responsibility of museums as cultural institutions to be inclusive has been widely discussed. To cement that fact the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has revised the definition of museum in 2022. Improvements in museum’s accessibility services to people with …
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Sport, Museums and Cultural Policy
… that the representation of sport within British museums would be extensive. However, the discussion of sport in museums within the existing literature is limited at best and, where it does occur, has a focus primarily on sport specific museums. Therefore, this thesis examines the development of …
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Museums in Collaboration: A Study of the Joint Relationships between Native Communities and Small Museums
… exhibitions built by Native communities and museums often seek to reposition Native peoples as the authors and experts of their own cultures. This capstone project, done for the Museum Studies Graduate Program at the University of San Francisco, explores what measures it would take for a …
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Leisure-learning : revitalising the role of museums : a survey of Cape Town parents' attitudes towards museums
… aim of this project was to assess the image of museums in Cape Town society in the context of the changing needs of South African people. A questionnaire examining museum-visiting habits and perceptions of the role of museums was distributed to parents via nine schools in Cape Town. Each school …
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How Museums Engage Visitors’ Self-Efficacy
Museums have played an educational role for over two centuries. In the last 50+ years, science centres have become particularly captivating spaces for the public to physically engage with the natural world and other learning opportunities. What is not clear is if this experience is felt as …
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Playing with Aesthetics in Art Museums
<p>"Playing with Aesthetics in Art Museums" presents a strategy for using design thinking to mediate engrossing art experiences for adult museum visitors. Built upon a substantiated family resemblance between art and play experiences, the study synthesizes a typology of aesthetic theories, ten …
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Public Program Evaluation at Art Museums
… of public program evaluation at other large art museums. Through an investigation into the family museum visitor, the evaluators also developed methods and specifically questions to discover the behavior of the family visitor.</p>
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Memorial Museums: Politics, Spectacle and Interpretation
<p>Memorial museums that commemorate the turbulent events of the 20th century claim as their main objectives the remembrance of victims and prevention of future atrocities through truth, education and advocacy. Their narratives are, however, sometimes skewed by politics and other influences that …
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