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Cinq masques de l’Iyoba Idia du royaume de Bénin : vies sociales et trajectoires d’un objet multiple

Perspective, 2019
The five ivory masks of the Queen Mother Idia (16th century), which are now in London, New York, Seattle, Stuttgart, and in an English private collection, are without doubt the most iconic art objects from the African continent if we are to judge by ...
Felicity Bodenstein
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Our Museum Special Initiative: An Evaluation [PDF]

, 2016
Our Museum: Communities and Museums as Active Partners was a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Special Initiative 2012 – 2016. The overall aim was to influence the museum and gallery sector to:* Place community needs, values and active collaboration at the core of ...
Gerri Moriarty, Sally Medlyn
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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections [PDF]

, 2015
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its founder, the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie,
Stevenson, AE
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Developing University Students’ Transferable Skills Through Object-Based and Collaborative Learning

GiLE Journal of Skills Development
This empirical paper reports on the findings of a pilot study that aimed to explore student attitudes towards the innovative use of the arts to develop university students’ transferable skills. Postgraduate business and management students were taken to
Victoria Jackson
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Can Roanoke, Virginia, Become the Next Bilbao? Taubman Museum of Art [PDF]

, 2012
In November 2008, after a $68 million project to build a new museum building in Roanoke was complete, the Taubman Museum of Art reopened. The $15 million needed to fund the new building was still to be raised, and by the end of the 2008 fiscal year (FY ...
Anastasia Kolendo, Peter Frumkin
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Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. [PDF]

, 1987
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Chicago Natural History Museum., Field Museum of Natural History., Field Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology.   +2 more
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Business, Education, and Enjoyment: Stakeholder Interpretations of the Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center

, 2015
An anthropological study of the Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center undertaken to understand the ways in which the visitor experience is conditioned by their own personal background, as well as filtered through the carefully constructed historical ...
Muhr, Ava M.
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Converting Family Into Fans: How the Comtemporary Jewish Museum Expanded Its Reach [PDF]

, 2016
The last in a series of 10 case studies explores how The Contemporary Jewish Museum in SanFrancisco worked to attract families of all backgrounds and build the next generation of museum supporters.
Bob Harlow, Cindy Cox Roman
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The Tale of the Tokugawa Artifacts: Japanese Funerary Lanterns at the Penn Museum

, 2019
That previously stood at the back of the quiet inner courtyard of the Penn Museum waited many years for its significance to be rediscovered. It is one of the Tokugawa lanterns that long illuminated the shogunate family’s grand mausoleums during the Edo ...
Nishimura, Yoko
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Air pollutant levels in air-conditioned and naturally ventilated museums: a pilot study [PDF]

, 1999
An air-conditioned and a naturally ventilated museum in a highly polluted part of London were compared for effectiveness of pollution control. Nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide concentrations were measured inside and outside using ...
Blades, N, Cassar, M, Oreszczyn, T
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