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Museums and Collections

Plains Anthropologist, 1962
AbstractCertain quill techniques and buckskin shirts of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara; and the Crow are discussed Described are the plaited technique, its distribution, Manufacture, variation of sty...
Elmer L. Fraker, Wesley R. Hurt
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Museum collections

2020
Egyptological museum collections are the principal means of interacting physically with pharaonic material culture. Such collections of objects have a partial, often fragmentary, nature and are usually biased in favour of monumental and funerary sources.
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Education Collections as Museum Collections

Curator: The Museum Journal, 2004
AbstractMuseum education collections are inarguably a part of a museum's actual collection, just as are the research/permanent collections. However, past practices indicate that education collections are typically not given equal stature in museological terms.
Shane J. Macfarlan, Eileen Johnson
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Museum and Collections

2017
To understand the evolution and the diversity of fossil horses from South America, it is essential to visit large museum collections around the word. The origin of these collections goes back to the fifteenth century and its peak was in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
José Luis Prado, María Teresa Alberdi
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Museum collection management on-demand

Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governance, 2008
In this case study, we trace the rationale, development and operation of the Integrated Museum Collection Management System as a software-as-a-service solution for public as well as private museums in Singapore. This on-demand service may serve as a model for other public services particularly in the context of business process re-engineering and ...
Steven Wu, Philip Chua
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Museum Collecting and Collections

2017
Collecting is a central activity to museums. Object-based learning is the underlying principle that museums use to tell their stories to the public through different media such as exhibits, programs, classes, books, and activities. Collecting in museums is usually directed by curators who conduct research, create new knowledge, and present their work ...
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Collecting memories of the museum experience

CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013
When we go to the museum, we see many interesting objects that have fascinating stories related to them. However, visitors do not often share these experiences with people that have not visited the exhibition. Sharing is beneficial both because it can create interest and attract people to the museum, and because it can help people who cannot attend the
Galena Kostoska, Denise Fezzi, Beatrice Valeri, Marcos Báez, Fabio Casati, Samuela Caliari, Stefania Tarter   +6 more
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