Hello....
This is the first time that I participate in this discussion!
I'd just like express some toughts:
Humankind tradition are not cultural heritage!? A music and it´s lyrics aren't cultural heritage!? How do we touch them!? Don't you agree that a place that explain to the next generation the causes of the worldwide imigration, or the causes of the holocaust, even without using objects, can be a museum!? Can a concept (like Concept art for instance) have a place that explains is meaning to others, and other cultures!?
I confess that my traditional understanding of museums as a place that have to collect objects belongs to the past! At the same time i doesn't agree that any place, for any reason, can be called a museum.
Comunication, collecting humam material and imaterial evidence, natural heritage, their conservation and understanding are the main themes for a museum definition.
Best Regards
Alexandre Matos
www.museusportugal.org
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From: Perkko Mariliina [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: terça-feira, 7 de Outubro de 2003 19:38
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Subject: VS: Definition of a Museum
Hei
I strongly agree with Milton Bloch's opinion. What is a museum without
collections? Nothing.
Mariliina
(Mariliina Perkko)
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Lahettaja: Milton Bloch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Lahetetty: 7. lokakuuta 2003 18:24
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Aihe: Re: Definition of a Museum
Gary,
I like the gerneral approach for its directness and simplicity but
"...and often objects..."???
Isn't this a bit like saying that a vegetable market it a nutritional outlet
that has stalls, awnings and often vegetables. Museums without objects
are clearly the exception and their status is still a matter to be resolved.
It seems to me that collections of objects are at the very heart of what
makes museum education unique and therefore they deserve a far stonger
position in the definition.
Milton
(Milton Bloch)
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Colleagues:
The following is one of the definition that has been suggested. What are
your thoughts about this idea. Does it adequately describe a "museum," or
is it too broad, too limiting, too inclusive, or too exclusive?
A MUSEUM IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC BY
INTERPRETING SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND/OR NATURAL HERITAGE THROUGH
THE USE OF A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND OFTEN OBJECTS. MUSEUMS THAT
HOLD COLLECTIONS CARE FOR THEM AS A PUBLIC TRUST AND PRESERVE THEM
FOR THE FUTURE.
Gary Edson
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