NY Museums
This is the mission statement of what museum located in Oswego?
Our mission is to inspire children to learn, create, and explore through the power of play. We aim to spark imagination and curiosity by providing an energetic, interactive learning environment though out museum’s play spaces and educational programs.
Children's Museum of Oswego
Artist talks, special tours, story times, and workshops are all examples of ________________.
Public Programs
If you have guests who do not speak English at your museum, you might hire an ______________ for your public program
interpreter
Every museum has one of these statements that outline the identity, purpose, and public responsibility of the institution.
Mission Statement
The Louvre
As of late 2022, New York State laws require employers, including museums with four or more employees, to disclose what on all job postings?
Minimum and maximum salary ranges
Museum are ______________ learning environments.
Informal
True or false: A public program can only be accessible if the cost of entry is free.
False.
_____________ is the term that describes the wide-ranging and fascinating study of collection curation (the care and management of objects in museum collections) and the presentation of museums’ collections to the public for educational and research purposes.
Museology
Museums in Gaza, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen have all been destroyed due to _____.
Which one of these is not a museum?
1. National Bottle Museum
2. Salt Museum
3. Cathedral Candle Museum
4. All Things Oz Museum
Cathedral Candle Museum
When you are collaborating with community members to design a public program, you are using this model.
Co-creation model
What app could you use to build an audio tour?
Bloomberg Connects
What does NAGPRA stand for?
Native American Graves and Protection and Repatriation Act.
These English cabinets laid the foundation for modern museums.
Cabinets of Curiosities
What is the oldest museum in the state of New York?
The Albany Institute of History and Art, established in 1791
What are the titles of our course textbooks this semester?
The Participatory Museum
Museums as Agents of Change
Which one of these examples are not an example of accessibility in museums:
1. Entrances and exits
2. Website capabilities
3. Staff trainings
4. Option to touch collection artifacts
Option to touch collection artifacts
What does AAM stand for?
American Alliance of Museums
What was stolen from the Louvre during the theft in October of 2025?
Eight pieces of 19th-century French royal jewelry
Which Syracuse museum did I. M. Pei design?
The Everson Museum of Art
What movement in museums initiated nationwide discussions about why museums are not responsive to current events happening around them?
Museums are Not Neutral
According to ADA standards, how wide must a pathway be to accommodate for a person using a wheelchair or other mobile device?
36 inches
By nature of their offices, the Vice President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States serve as two of the 14 trustees that govern this cultural institution that includes museums, archives and publications.
Smithsonian Institution
This London museum is widely cited as holding the highest number of contested, looted, or stolen artifacts.
The British Museum