scholarly journals Livshistorie – livforløbets historie – reflektioner over livet som udstillingstema

1970 ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Lene Otto ◽  
Lykke L. Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
National Museum ◽  
The Public

The narrative exhibition There is an essential distinction in cultural-historic museums concerning the orientation of exhibitions toward objects or toward concepts. The former emanare from things, a good collection, put on display for the public. The latter proceed from an idea or a story that is told to the public. This article deals with the narrative conceptual orientation, illustated by the exhibition «Livshistorie» [Lifestory/ Lifehistory) presented by the National Museum of Denmark. 

A note on the importance of developing digital facsimiles and a digital register of Javanese inscriptions

2008 ◽  
Vol 162 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-136
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Roger Sundberg
Keyword(s):  
National Museum ◽  
The Public

There are many regrets to be entertained over the treatment of the inscriptions of Java. Many inscriptions are well preserved and relatively accessible to the public in the courtyard of the National Museum in Jakarta, but there are many others that suffer from poor documentation, especially at the hands of their most prominent epigraphers.

Negotiating Food Heritage Interpretations: Experiences of a Project at the Estonian National Museum

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-134
Author(s):  
Anu Kannike ◽  
Ester Bardone
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Public Forum ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public

Abstract The article examines varied interpretations of food heritage in contemporary Estonia, relying on the authors’ experiences of a three-year research and development project at the Estonian National Museum (ENM). The study focuses on the museum researchers’ collaboration with different stakeholders, representing small entrepreneurs and the public and non-profit sectors. The authors tackle the partners’ expectations and outcomes of diverse cooperational initiatives and the opportunities and challenges of a contemporary museum as a public forum for discussions on cultural heritage. The project revealed that diverse, complementary, and contested food heritage interpretations exist side-by-side on the Estonian foodscape. Additionally, the project enabled the authors to become better aware of the researcher’s role in the heritagisation process and of the museum as a place for negotiating the meanings and values of food culture.

scholarly journals Evaluating the role of the National Museum of Iran in the development of cultural tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-26
Author(s):  
Omid Salek Farokhi ◽  
Seyedeh Yasamin Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
National Museum ◽  
The Public ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Historical Monuments ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Ancient Persia ◽  
Article Analyse

In addition to acquainting the public with the culture of a particular region, cultural tourism creates economic opportunities. Taking into account various tourist sites, museums are definitely among the most important ones. In Iran, the National Museum is one of the most important museums because of its rich collection of historical monuments related to the ancient Persia and Islamic periods. The authors of this article analyse the role of the National Museum of Iran in the development of the country’s cultural tourism. The analysis is based on information obtained from the database of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization and the National Museum of Iran. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were employed for data analysis. The results confirm the importance of the National Museum of Iran in the development of cultural tourism.

A New National Museum for its Visitors

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (Supplementum) ◽  
pp. 67-68
Author(s):  
Ivana Kocichová
Keyword(s):  
National Museum ◽  
Historical Building ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
Significant Interference

The closing of the Historical Building of the National Museum due to renovation meant a significant interference with not only statistics of the visiting rates but also with the functioning of the institution and its communication with the public. The closure was and still is most of all a great challenge with regards to not only the preparation of new expositions, the form of which is occasionally discussed in the media, but also with regards to a new style of communication with the public and visitor care. This challenge concerns the Historical Building, which will be gradually opened during the years 2018–2022, but also the whole institution of the National Museum.

Exhibition Afghanistan – Rescued Treasures of Buddhism in Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Petra Belaňová ◽  
Martina Ohlídalová ◽  
Ľubomír Novák
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
National Museum ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mutual Agreement ◽  
The Way

Abstract In February 2016, a valuable collection of objects was presented to the public in the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures through the exhibition Afghanistan - Rescued Treasures of Buddhism. The collection was transported to the Czech Republic all the way from the heart of Asia. The relics on display, dating mostly to the period between the 1st to the 9th century A.D., come mainly from archaeological explorations on the Mes Aynak locality and have been loaned out to the Náprstek Museum by the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul. Based on a mutual agreement, most of the objects have been restored and conserved by experts in the restoration workshops and laboratories of the National Museum. The objects were also subjected to natural scientific research.

scholarly journals Good intentions and the public good

Ethnologies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 235-257
Author(s):  
Andrea Laforet
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
The Public ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Contractual Agreements ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

For more than one hundred years Canada’s national museum of human history, called, successively, the National Museum of Canada, the National Museum of Man, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and, most recently, the Canadian Museum of History, has documented and assembled a record of intangible cultural heritage relating to various cultural groups. Originally collected and currently preserved under legislative mandates resting on broad assumptions about the public interest, this material includes a substantial body of narrative, song and information relating to both past and contemporary cultural practice of societies indigenous to Canada. This paper explores the issues for concepts of nationhood, knowledge and the public interest raised by the contractual agreements, legislation on topics ranging from copyright to family law, treaty negotiations between Aboriginal people and the Government of Canada, and consultation concerning different cultural definitions of property and the sacred that affect day-to-day access to and use of Aboriginal intangible heritage in the museum. Finally, the paper explores potential issues for the continuation of this work raised by the museum’s narrowing of focus and mandate as it changes from the Canadian Museum of Civilization to the Canadian Museum of History.

scholarly journals The Infant Jesus as Divine Love: a Dressed Sculpture from Évora’s Museum.

2017 ◽  
pp. 267-271
Author(s):  
Diana Rafaela Pereira
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Public Library ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Religious Institution ◽  
Divine Love ◽  
Library Collection ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
The Public

The «Infant Jesus as Divine Love» is a noteworthy example of the exuberance reached by dressed sculptures of the Holy Child in Portugal [1]. The provenance of this 18th century sculpture is unknown1. It may have belonged to a religious institution, before being integrated in the Public Library collection. Finally, in 1915, it was incorporated in Évora’s National Museum. It is a lead sculpture, painted with very realistic flesh tones, in consonance with an elegant shape proper of a classical and erudite workmanship. In this unusual representation the Infant is holding a silver bow, arrows and a quiver, personifying Divine Love. In the left hand he holds a flower bouquet made of silk and paper.

scholarly journals Sbírkotvorná a výzkumná činnost jako forma komunikace muzea s veřejností (na příkladu vývoje pravěkého oddělení Národního muzea)

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Karel Sklenář
Keyword(s):  
National Museum ◽  
The Public ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Research Activities

Based on the example of the Prehistory Department of the National Museum, the present paper examines two of the ways in which the Museum has communicated with the public from the time of its foundation to, basically, the present: through the activities of collecting and researching. In the case of collecting activities, the text outlines how the proportion of donations and purchases along with the Museum’s discoveries evolved depending on social, political and, for example, legal circumstances. In the case of research activities, it illustrates the significance of the overall context regarding the development of archeology and its institutional protection. An irreplaceable role in the whole process was, however, played by important personalities of the Museum’s Archeology Department, such as J. L. Píč and J. Neustupný.

scholarly journals The SkinBase Project: Providing 3D Virtual Access to Indigenous Skin Clothing Collections from the Circumpolar Area

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Lisbeth Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Open Forum ◽  
The Public ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
National Museums

In 2014, the National Museum of Denmark (NMD), in conjunction with the Greenland National Museum and Archives (Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu [NKA]), as well as the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, launched the website Skin Clothing Online. The site presents the NMD’s total collection of 2,170 historic skin clothing items, dating from circa 1830 to 1950, from the circumpolar area. The clothing can be studied in minute detail due to high-resolution photos; 100 complete suits were photographed from all sides. Furthermore, 107 items of clothing were measured by means of 3D technology, which can be used to draw precise two-dimensional patterns. The documentation is made accessible to the public through a website, in compliance with creative commons licenses: CC-BY-SA for the photos and CC-BY-SA-NC for the patterns. The website uses content from the database SkinBase. Since 2017 parts of the NKA’s collection of archeological skin clothing from Qilakitsoq (circa 1475 AD), as well as historical garments and contemporary fashions, have also been made accessible, in keeping with the same copyright rules for photos. The NKA staff entered the items into the database without difficulty using a Virtual Private Connection (VPN). The Danish and Greenlandic national museums encourage international partners to contribute items to the website. The aim is to create a collaborative open forum for information and research with easy access for everybody to unique, fragile pieces of circumpolar cultural heritage. With clothing from Arctic peoples and clothing used on expeditions to Antarctica, the Polar Museum in Cambridge will be the next museum to contribute to the website.

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