museumsDefinition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to: navigation, searchFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A museum is a building or institution that houses and cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside. Early museums began as the private collections of wealthy individuals, families or institutions of art and rare or curious natural objects and artifacts. The museums of ancient times, such as the Musaeum of Alexandria, would be equivalent to a modern graduate institute. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How does Lending a Painting to a Museum work? Will the museums cover the insurance? Q. My parents are considering selling a valuable painting to avoid having to cover the insurance on it. I would prefer to keep it in the family -- does anyone know about lending paintings to museums? How it works and if they cover the insurance on them? If not museums anyone know anything else on how to reduce these costs? Thank You!! Asked by intotrashmail - Sun Feb 10 15:47:08 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I really don't know what type of insurance Museums carry but if they have "bailees" coverage, it covers property of others while in their care, custody and control. I would ask the museum. I'm sure they would be glad to answer that part of your question. Reducing cost is another matter. It it a very valuable painting, and I'm assuming it is based on our question, I wouldn't try to cut corners in order to save a few bucks. You can insure it only against certain named perils, but if something outside of those perils happens, the painting wouldn't be covered. For instance, if you didn't cover it for theft and it was stolen, it wouldn't be covered. If you want to keep it in the family, why not volunteer to help defray the cost of… [cont.] Answered by fth106 - Sun Feb 10 20:39:01 2008 Should the art museums or galleries be free for visiting by people? Q. In museums or art galleries, there are a lot of great art works. It would be amazing when you view them. But a lot of great museums or galleries have high price tickets, which limit the opportunities of people to access these wonderful things. Sometimes, viewing great art works becomes the particular right of rich people. So I think it should be free for people to visit it. Asked by Luna - Thu Apr 23 01:16:09 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. To answer this question, I say do as we do: art museums many times have a side door or even a resturaunt or cafe' that has a side entrance, and many times you can just walk right into the gallery or museum without a ticket, but if you get caught, well, you'll just be kicked out. Just say you didn't know, if you can get in that way then they probably hear that all the time as it is. Answered by davidbankson - Thu Apr 23 01:24:20 2009 What are the best museums to visit in New York City?
Q. We are visiting New York City in a week or so and wondering if anyone can recommend the best museums to visit? Asked by Tom UK - Mon Jul 26 18:29:55 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. May I recommend the following. -Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 82nd to East 103rd Streets) -MoMa -Whitney Museum of American Art -New Museum of Contemporary Art -Madame Tussuad Wax Museum -New York City Fire Museum -New York City Police Museum -Transit Museum -The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum among others I hope this information is very helpful. Good luck Answered by Native New Yorker - Mon Jul 26 19:49:00 2010 From Yahoo Answer Search: "museums"  youtube.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:54:49 PST Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a three dimensional encyclopedia of art history. Produced for Public ... youtube.com.  nt.gov.au Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award at The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Museums and Art Galleries of ... nt.gov.au.  youtube.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:57:55 PST Isabella Stewart Gardner traveled the globe for over three decades, assembling one of the world's most remarkable art collections. Produced ... youtube.com. From Google Video Search: "museums"  in.reuters.com Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:43:11 GMT+00:00 Reuters India 9:30 am - Take the Trolley to The Farmers' Museum at 5775 State Highway 80. One of the oldest rural life museums in the country, it includes a working ...  wsmv.com Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:52:20 GMT+00:00 WSMV Nashville You can even chose from various categories such as museums , parks or sports. You can then narrow that search by distance from your present location. Apps target family fun events WLBT-TV  joongangdaily.joins.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:28 GMT+00:00 JoongAng Daily In another Ewha program called World History Education at Museums students experience London's art scene. Students visit museums in London such as the ... From Google News Search: "museums"  jetsetenterprises.com 480px x 640px | 116.20kB [source page] we went up to the Sun Deck to take our regular port photos of the city skyline from our location in Darling Harbor Across the water are a huge resort casino complex and a variety of museums mostly of a nautical nature There is also a space shuttle there but we don t know any more than that about it This is not the regular docking location Ordinarily ships dock From Yahoo Image Search: "museums"  mmc-news.com admin Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:10:22 GM CAIRO The Egyptian . Museum. houses some of the world's prized antiquities, including the gold mask of King Tut that draws millions of tourists a year. But it also has an outdated video surveillance system that doesn't work around the ... From Google Blog Search: "museums" |
