www.mumi.org MUSEUMS & MILLENNIUM Museums of the world join hands to present a virtual exhibition To underscore the inevitable passage into the third millennium, museum institutions from all over the world joined hands to create a virtual exhibition, a unique site: Museums & Millennium. This collective work, initiated by the Musee de la civilisation in Quebec (Canada), is presented on the Internet until September 3, 2001. Museums & Millennium is undoubtedly a museological first on an international scale. This surprising voyage, as seen through the eyes of each of the museums, puts the great existential questions facing humanity at the dawn of the third millennium into perspective: the transmission of values, the need to excel, the transgression of stereotypes, the manifestations of crossbreeding, the problem of ageing, the survival of the planetŠ The site also proposes the Museums & Millennium collection-composed of human representations-which will eventually be enriched by contributions from other museum institutions and even from the public at large. The Museums & Millennium collection The objects and visual representations brought together within the scope of Museums & Millennium make up an important collection, which would be impossible to assemble anywhere else than in virtual space. This collection will become a sort of ambassador of a new meaning that could be given to museum activities. Selections were made by each museum in terms of the message they wanted to transmit and of the nature of their collections. Views on humanity Each partner museum has chosen a theme corresponding to its mission and to the nature of its collections. They provide a perspective on humankind, its heritage and its future: Crossings Human beings, nature, culture, technologyŠ everything is crossed!; Musee de la civilisation (Quebec, Canada) Ancestor Cult Death is the fourth step in lifeŠ Musee d'art et d'archeologie d'Antananarivo; (Madagascar) SLO 2000 Individuals & statistics: the power of images and numbers; Mestna Galerija, (Ljubjana, Slovenia) God's Millennia Humans always look for a meaning to life, death and the universe; Musee Dauphinois, (Grenoble, France) Memories of the 20th century Discover traces from life and testimonials by unknown people; Museo de Pessoa (São Paulo, Brazil) Everyday Religion Expressions of great religions in a multicultural society Riksutstallningar; (Stolkhom, Sweden) The Global Garden - Reconciling Man and Nature Nine "commandments" to save the earth; Parc de la Villette (Paris, France) The Adventure of Learning A tradition several millenniums old: learning at school; Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie (Paris, France) Foreign Beings - Our Images of the Other Stereotypes get in the way of authentic encounters between human beings; Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (Dresden, Germany) Celebrations In an era of globalization, rituals and popular celebrations live on land become doubly important; Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari; (Roma; Italy) Secrets of Ageing Some would say that we age as we have lived; Museum of Science (Boston, United States) The Grand Illusion To what extent can we repair, duplicate, conserve, represent or reinvent the human body?; Musee d'histoire naturelle (Neuchatel, Switzerland) A lively and constantly developing site...join in! An innovative approach, fascinating reflectionsŠ Museums & Millennium (www.mumi.org) will constantly develop until December 31, 2000. In the coming months, each theme will be enriched by the addition of contributions from other institutions and from the public at large. Helene Bernier Musee de la civilisation Quebec City, Quebec Canada www.mcq.org www.mumi.org ========================================================Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).