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North American Museums & Collections off the beaten track
Venue Surveys
Venue Surveys
Assignment #1 – and ongoing throughout the semester (complete 15, one per week)
Students will compile a number of Museum Surveys in your journals that will be a collection of 15 (1 per week minimum) of North American museum and/or collection entries that are “off the beaten path” of what might be considered a typical museum or gallery.
Americas strangest museums
VENUE:
CONCEPT OF THE COLLECTION:
FUNDING:
MISSION of the MUSEUM:
MUSEUM STAFF:
FLOOR PLANS:
DESIGN & EXHIBITION PLANNING:
ARTIFACTS & OBJECTS:
Your entries will account for 10% of your final grade and will be submitted within your Class museum Repository
Students will engage in writing up informative venue survey sheets that emphasize Off - the - Beaten - Track collections and museums in North American.
Each information synopsis should be a minimum of two pages.
Complete 15 by the end of the term, one per week.
1. VENUE:
name
address
website
2. CONCEPT OF THE COLLECTION:
Does the museum/gallery host both temporary and permanent exhibitions?
Include 2 previous names of exhibitions and dates.
Include a JPG or illustration of one of your favorite artifacts / objects from the collection.
3. MISSION of the MUSEUM / Gallery / Collection:
Date of inaugural opening
4. MUSEUM STAFF - who and #:
Director (s)
Curator (s)
Registrar (s)
Preparators
Designers / Planners
Docents
Paid ?
Unpaid?
Is the venue Federally funded?
Is the venue Privately funded?
5. FLOOR PLANS:
include jpgs of 1 to 3
and/or illustrate
6. DESIGN & EXHIBITION PLANNING:
Does the exterior of the architectural plan say something about the collection?
What does the interior design planning express?
What does the flow of the interior foot print of the museum express psychologically?
7. ARTIFACTS & OBJECTS:
Note one artifact / object of interest to you
Download a jpg or illustrate
8. FUNDING:
Is there an admission fee
Is there a museum shop to acquire funding?
9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION pertinent to the Museum / gallery / collection
GO TO the following for virtual venues:
> http://time.com/101851/weirdest-museums-in-the-world/
GRADING:
Students will compile a number of Museum Surveys in their journals that will be a collection of 15 (1 per week minimum) of North American museum and/or collection entries that are “off the beaten path” of what might be considered a typical museum or gallery. Students will also complete the same assignment for any of our site visits.
Museum / gallery venue entries will account for 10% of student’s final grade and will be submitted within their semester project, Class museum Repository.
You may design a survey sheet that looks something like this:
name
address
website
Does the museum host both temporary and permanent exhibitions?
Include 2 previous names of exhibitions and dates
Include a JPG or illustration of one of your favorite artifacts / objects from the collection
admission fee
museum shop
Date of inaugural opening
Director (s)
Curator (s)
Registrar (s)
Preparators
Designers / Planners
Installers
Docents
Paid ? Unpaid? Salary amounts available
Federally funded?
Privately funded?
include jogs of 1 to 3
or illustrate
Does the exterior of the architectural plan say something about the collection?
What does the interior design planning express?
What does the flow of the interior foot print of the museum express psychologically?
Note one display design of interest to you, include JPG or illustration
Note one artifact / object of interest to you
Download a jpg or illustrate
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Students of SA351 will need to complete a minimum of 15 of on-line collections by the end of the term. Journals containing more than fifteen surveys of quality and thoroughness will be considered for extra credit.
Each student should complete for one per week.
Hand in your first two for review to make sure you are completing these thoroughly.
Each student will present their Mid Term Collection Survey of 6 "off the Beaten Track" museums developed and introduced to the class in a multi media project presentation in class.
* For our Practicum Site visits, hand in one week following each visit for grading > see separate BLOG page
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