Essays on Museum

Objective: “The artist run initiative that offers an opportunity for emerging artists and emerging curators to collaborate with international practitioners specially in Asia, to learn and to gain experiences in a diverse community.” Terminology Before initiating any organization, there has to be a clear understanding…

Egyptian History has been my favorite topic to study for as long as I remember. I was always fascinated by the richness of Egyptian culture, admiring everything from their enormous architectural feats such as the pyramids, to the attention to detail shown in small children’s…

My chosen artifact has been named Offering #4, it was discovered in La Venta north of a pyramid in the Ceremonial Court of Complex A (Colman, 2015). It consists of stone figurines (composed of serpentine and granite) and celts made of jadeite, an American form…

When you think of a high status art museum, what do you think of? I’ll go ahead and take a guess that your first guess was probably not a urinal. Well that’s exactly what Marcel Duchamp did on April 9th, 1917, with his sculpture “The…

At the entrance of the gallery dedicated to the evocation of the Assyrian artistic period in the great Metropolitan Museum of Art, huge reliefs engraved in the walls are certainly the first to notice. Of those reliefs, two mythical creatures stand out, winged lion and…

Uptown district is one of the largest business districts in the United States. It has a wide array of businesses whose main agenda is to bring joy to tourists. Whether you’re on a budget or ready to spend your life savings, there’s definitely something here…

Museum Architecture and Exhibition Design SHALECHET – FALLEN LEAVES. THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN BERLIN. Introduction The relation between the tourist experience and museums Public who are interested in art are keen on visiting museums and having such a memorable experience. Nowadays with the increase number…

First of all, authenticity in tourism itself represents several meanings. According to Hughes (1995), authenticity is supposed to be found in the museum. On the one hand, Wang (1999: 350) reveals that “authenticity connotes traditional culture, and origin, a sense of the genuine, the real…

If I was selecting art for a museum, of course I would want the most iconic, most famous peices. Of course, this means that I will start with the Greek Room. I chose Discobolos (discus thrower) because it is a leading example of Classical Greek…

Art has always been a sort of resonant experience; what defines the true nature of an artistic endeavor is defined by the conditions of one’s own experience and how the art speaks to them as a result. Human history has long been defined by its…