Complete 15 by the end of the term, one per week.
Additional Museum / Gallery Venue reports for all actual site visits.
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?
Salary amounts if available
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.
