MUS Definition/History
Collections of weird things assembled in the Renaissance
What are cabinets of curiosities?
The "outer" museum
What are exhibitions, programs, and outreach?
Hands-on experience that trains you to work in a museum
What is an internship? Volunteer work?
Museum collections held by zoos and aquariums
What are living collections or animals?
One major way museums obtain artifacts
What is donations? Purchasing? Field collection?
One defining characteristic of a museum
What is preserving natural and cultural heritage? Collecting/displaying artifacts? Teaching the public about different subjects?
The "inner" museum
What are collections and administration?
Museum worker who organizes exhibitions OR researchers/expands collections?
What is a curator?
Museum where staff dresses and acts like they're from a specific time period, usually in an agricultural setting
What is a living history museum?
Cataloging and legally acquiring an object
What is accessioning or registration?
Origin of the word museum
What is mouseion, place of the muses?
One function of museums besides education, leisure, and preservation
What is boosting the economy? Providing jobs? Improving mental health? Providing social services? Providing reliable information?
Discipline degrees that museum workers usually have (besides museum studies)
What is history? Science? Art? Natural history? Education? Anthropology? Sociology?
The three original disciplines of museums
What are art, history, and natural history?
Invasive work on an object using chemicals to stabilize or restore it
What is conservation?
Concept involving preserving artifacts for the community's benefit
What is holding objects in the public trust?
One type of community that impacts museums
Museum worker who oversees the records and physical care of objects
What is a registrar/collections manager?
Explanation of a museum's purpose for existing
What is a mission statement?
Measures taken to stop artifacts from deteriorating too quickly
What is preventative conservation?
One similarity between cabinets of curiosities and museums today
What is displaying artifacts for visitors? Cataloging objects in a systematic way? Collecting artifacts that represented greater ideas and concepts?
External systems besides communities that impact museums
What is the economy? Nature? Cultures?
Museum worker who installs artifacts in exhibitions
What is a preparator?
One characteristic of a good mission statement
What is asserting the museum's public role? Stating why the museum exists and who it serves? The date it was approved?
The two realities of museum artifacts
What is their original reality and museum reality?