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... to demonstrate the general futility of conventional museums of whatever
character , brought to our attention a movement , within the museum field , which
precisely fell in with the notions we had already acquired concerning museum
work .
... to demonstrate the general futility of conventional museums of whatever
character , brought to our attention a movement , within the museum field , which
precisely fell in with the notions we had already acquired concerning museum
work .
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... were professedly acquired ; and that their presence , and the dominance of the
conventions which go with them , make very difficult the introduction of homelier ,
more attractive and more useful objects and methods into the museum world .
... were professedly acquired ; and that their presence , and the dominance of the
conventions which go with them , make very difficult the introduction of homelier ,
more attractive and more useful objects and methods into the museum world .
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... modest sums with which they shall acquire , label , describe , arrange for show
and prepare for lending , such objects as careful study and experiment shall
suggest ; in the expectation that staff and objects combined will do for the
community ...
... modest sums with which they shall acquire , label , describe , arrange for show
and prepare for lending , such objects as careful study and experiment shall
suggest ; in the expectation that staff and objects combined will do for the
community ...
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... and to those ends it shall acquire , as occasion permits , such real estate and
personal property as may be convenient and necessary for the purpose . 3 The
officers shall be President , Vice President , Secretary , Treasurer and Director . 4
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... and to those ends it shall acquire , as occasion permits , such real estate and
personal property as may be convenient and necessary for the purpose . 3 The
officers shall be President , Vice President , Secretary , Treasurer and Director . 4
.
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... more space than the library , in most towns and villages , can spare for the
purpose . Perhaps the objects acquired after the old museum method can remain
in the library and there receive their proper modicum 30 THE PUBLIC MUSEUM.
... more space than the library , in most towns and villages , can spare for the
purpose . Perhaps the objects acquired after the old museum method can remain
in the library and there receive their proper modicum 30 THE PUBLIC MUSEUM.
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Página 25 - The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be held on . 8 Regular meetings shall be held on the - - of each month except in July, August and September.
Página 18 - ... storage warehouses, or community attics, or temples of dead gods, or copies of palaces of an extinct nobility, or costly reproductions of ancient temples, or grand and elaborate structures which are of service only as evidences of conspicuous waste by the rich"—in favor of the "new museum...
Página 25 - April, 1909, to establish a museum for the reception and exhibition of articles of art, science, history, and technology, and for the encouragement of the study of the arts and sciences.
Página 15 - ... sums with which they shall acquire, label, describe, arrange for show and prepare for lending, such objects as careful study and experiment shall suggest ; in the expectation that staff and objects combined will do for the community these things at least, and, one may hope, in time many others — 1. Entertain, and be ready to try to interest and instruct, such as may have the wish and the time to visit casually the institution's headquarters.
Página 17 - This development of the collecting habit amcng the young, with its accompanying education of powers of observation, its training in handwork, its tendency to arouse interests theretofore unsuspected even by those who possess them, its continuous suggestions toward good taste and refinement which lie in the process of installing even the most modest of collections, and its...
Página 18 - ... 10. Keep the museum and its activities continually before the community in the daily press, and publish and distribute as many leaflets, posters, broadsides and cards descriptive of the museum's acquisitions as conditions seem to warrant.
Página 17 - ... 7. Discover collectors and specialists and experts in the community and secure their cooperation in adding to the museum's collections ; in helping...
Página 5 - The latter seemed to be quite the inevitable course ; and still further study showed that certain changes, all making for greater usefulness, were well under way throughout the whole museum world. As librarian of the Newark, NJ Free Public Library I found I was able to assist in establishing, about eight years ago, what might be called a museum of museum experiments.
Página 11 - We have felt so keenly the lack of printed information which gave clear, precise and definite answers to our many queries, that we decided several years ago that, if fortune favored us by keeping our museum alive and growing, we would, in due course, set down in print our own experiences, the results of our in quiries, studies, observations and experiments.
Página 17 - ... things thus lent will be of more service to the community than when they are resting, relatively unseen and unused, in the museum's headquarters. 9. Prepare and display, at the headquarters, at branches and in schools, carefully selected objects which are products of the community's activities in field, factory and workshop. These will be local industry exhibits.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The New Museum, Tema 1 The New Museum, John Cotton Dana |
| Autor | John Cotton Dana |
| Editor | Elm tree Press, 1917 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 15 Oct. 2007 |
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