#4 . Practicum Site Visits : CAZ Public Library & Gage House

Metropolitan Museum of Art . NYC . 1st Floor floor plan

Practicum Site Visits 

Each information synopsis should be a minimum of two pages.

Each survey should follow the same format as the Off - the - Beaten - Track collection surveys including:

1. The website URL for each collection / gallery or museum. 

2. Is there an admission fee, days and hours of operation, is there a museum shop to generate more revenue?

3. Mission of the museum and its inaugural date.

4. Museum staffing: directors, curators, registrar, preparaters, designers, installers, docents - how many? Paid or unpaid? Privately owned / Publicly owned? Governmental / State / Federal funding?

5. What is the concept of collection? 
Specifically, what is the subject of the collection, what type of audience is it aimed towards?

6. Draw or download jpgs of 1 to 3 floor plans to include noting area descriptions.

7. What is the overall design of the collection? Does the architectural concept emphasize what the collection is about, i.e. the SPAM museum in Minnesota for example? For example, the Guggenheim Museum in NYC is a very different architectural emphasize than The Metropolitan Museum of Art just a few blocks away.

8. Note artifact display and some thing of exceptional interest to you.  

Is there a uniqueness within display design that you find creative, informative, surprising? Think about the lighting quality of display, the labels and wall text, does it inform the viewer beyond the information it distributes?

9. How do you think the psychology of the flow and intellectual display of the collection is expressed? 

10. Does the venue host temporary exhibitions alongside the permanent display? 

Give 2 examples with dates of previous exhibitions.

11. Download images from the venue’s website and include in your synopsis. Or illustrate.

12. A thorough works cited bibliography of all URLS of virtual museums and galleries needs to be compiled of your Museum Survey Collection.

13. Include a jpg or drawing of one object / artifact you find of particular interest from the particular collection.

You may design a survey sheet that looks something like this:

VENUE:
name
address
website

CONCEPT OF THE COLLECTION:
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

FUNDING:
admission fee
museum shop

MISSION of the MUSEUM:
Date of inaugural opening

MUSEUM STAFF:
Director (s)
Curator (s)
Registrar (s)
Preparators
Designers / Planners
Installers
Docents
Paid ? Unpaid? Salary amounts available
Federally funded?
Privately funded?

FLOOR PLANS:
include jogs of 1 to 3
or illustrate

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?
Note one display design of interest to you, include JPG or illustration

ARTIFACTS & OBJECTS:
Note one artifact / object of interest to you
Download a jpg or illustrate