| If you want to understand
what makes a place
tick, visit a museum or information center. These venerable
institutions orient visitors and engage locals.
Ready for a party? International
Museum Day is celebrated around the world on May 18 and
is promoted by the International
Council of Museums.
ASTRONOMY
2009 is the International
Year of Astronomy. We are highlighting planetariums and
museums with astronomy-focused exhibits.
FEATURES
An
Open and Shut Case - Melissa Biggs
Crossing
the Eco-Cultural Divide - Alvin Rosenbaum
Anthropology
Guide
Walk
with the Weavers
PLANETA FORUM
Museums
OurSpace
Conversation
GUIDELINES
FLICKR
What
is the value of attention?
World
Museums Group
Museo
de Arte Popular (Mexico)
Behind
the scenes - Powerhouse
Brooklyn
Museum
Goddess
Mut
Museos
de Mexico
Museo
de Antropologia de Salta - Nfer
National
Museum of the American Indian - Melissa Biggs
American
Museum of Natural History - Melissa Biggs
Museo
Nacional de Antropologia - Melissa Biggs
Mexico
City Anthropology Museum - Ron Mader
Museo
Nacional de Culturas Populares - Melissa Biggs
ONLINE
FLICKR
WIKI
Museums
Museos
(Oaxaca)
ONLINE
WIKI
VIDEO
Our Space
- Simon Young
VIDEO
BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Brooklyn
Museum - Flickr
Building
an On-line Community at the Brooklyn Museum: A Timeline
Graffiti
Exhibit - Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
AUSTRALIA
National Museum of Australia
National Gallery of Australia
Nimbin
Nimbin
Powerhouse Museum
NEW ZEALAND
Our Space -
Flickr
Museum Detective
South
Canterbury Museum
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
National Museum
of the American Indian
Mint Museum
of Art
Hobo Museum (Iowa)
Charles M.
Schulz
Bridge Museum
Sarajevo
Southwest
Museum of the American Indian
DEFINITIONS
A museum is a 'permanent institution in the service of society
and of its development, open to the public, which acquires,
conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes
of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible
evidence of people and their environment.'
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
A FEW WORDS ABOUT MUSEUMS AND MARKETS
Mexico's traditional
markets link the present with the past and the future.
A friend leads first-time visitors through Mexico City's Anthropology
Museum in Chapultepec
Park. He purposefully stops at the maquetas (models)
that depict markets held in the days before the arrival of the
Spanish. Take a look, he says. There is a great diversity of
products bartered, traded and sold.
A day or two later he takes his visitors to a traditional city
market. What do you think the visitors see?
Markets provide a living connection to the past. They impart
lessons that are both educational and nutritional.
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