The collection grew to the extent that in 2008, there were separate chambers made to classify the paintings according to their cultural departments. An interesting fact about the Louvre collection is that it would take nine months to view the entire collection (Danilov)
Apart from this, many of the exhibit areas are designed in a particular manner and added light effects or simplistic cases so that the people's concentration is kept strictly on the object itself. The Islamic ceramic section has distinct unobtrusive display areas so that the attention is not drifted off to something else (Dean)
The famous ones are known as Lacemaker from Jan Vermeer and the very popular Flemish painting of the 15th century called the Virgin of Chancellor made by Jan Van Eyck. We move on to the Chinese cultural artifacts including objects like tapestries and household decorative like furniture, crockery and clocks (Friedlander)
Display practices in the Louvre The display of the arts and crafts in the Louvre museum is done in a very logical and systematic way. Classifying paintings and pieces according to the cultural background they belong to as well as the era in which they were made, makes it orderly and easy for people to relate to the events and happenings of those times (Greenhill)
The first one involves the installation of sensors that read the tags and the audience approaching the picture and it automatically lights up the multimedia screens. The walls are then projected with animations as well as details thus enabling the visitor to learn about the art as well (Hein)
People would not come to a museum to see something ordinary which they can see around themselves. There is a reason for the fame of the object which draws people's attention towards itself (Luke)
Information technology variants are used to display the history of the Islamic arts and to present the evolution over time that occurred in the ceramic arts as to how they were produced, how they were decorated and presented. There are lesser exhibits on display as well so that people properly appreciate them before their attention drifts off to others (Miles)
We shall now look over at the outlay and construction of the museum itself. Structure and Design of the Museum The museum has its famous glass pyramid right at the centre of the ground through which there is an entrance to the three wings, named Sully, Richelieu and Denon (SiegeL)
In other words, they become social objects to talk about as well and it creates healthy and productive conversations. It becomes an interactive platform and sometimes draws people closer as well (Stone)
For a city so attractive to tourists, the French people would still want to keep their own identity intact. In fact, there arises a need for a display of ways in which these foreign tourists can get a feel of what life there is like, what achievements the locals made, what makes the city of Paris so appealing and why it is so rich in cultural and historical landmarks (Bennet)
Inside it, the monument holds an even richer history of many famous civilizations of the world and many of the world's most famous artifacts. What is interesting to note in museums like the Louvre is how they manage to attract so many people from all over the world to come and see and enjoy a piece of maybe their own history that they will not find in their own country (Danilov)
In today's world, it is quite important for countries to establish their power and to have something or the other which they can use to display their significance. The Greeks for instance, have a sense of pride of their beautiful architectural landmarks and that forms a basis of something they hold worthy enough to preserve or display for the world to see what they are best at and how their styles of construction are some of the best all over the world (Hooper)
For example, going into a chocolate museum and plucking out the cocoa beans and putting it through the process of refinement and getting the feel of it up personally. The museums thus, act as a platform for people to discuss these social objects and come together to admire them and also to offer their own views (Leinhardt)
Art and crafts have been such a point of interest for decades now and a real fan of such things knows the value of just a visit to one of these places. So to keep this alive and to preserve the richness of the different cultures of the world and the contributions of various people from all over the world, millions of dollars are spent on such museums (Rectanus)
The museum has a policy of lending and borrowing as well. It lends its paintings to museums all over the world which also then makes it an easy access to borrowing and displaying many more arts and pieces and giving its tourists an even better taste of art around the globe (Seigel)
For instance, many of the paintings in the Louvre can be made personal connection to just by taking one look because it has so much depth and clarity to it that the onlooker immediately feels like the artist is trying to tell a story and is doing so in such a perfect way that it may hit some own emotional spot of the audience when they look at it. People might talk about their own feelings about the picture and discuss their varying responses and have their own suggestions (Stone)
Research is conducted on the museum grounds and throughout the region by the supportive collaboration between the museum and other historical missions in California (Mission San Juan Capistrano web site). Such research and education programs are an important way to achieve what one scholar has called the 'happy balance between mass public appeal and scholarly respectability' (Ames, 30) that underlies a successful museum's appeal to both public entertainment and the expansion and extension of knowledge
Research is conducted on the museum grounds and throughout the region by the supportive collaboration between the museum and other historical missions in California (Mission San Juan Capistrano web site). Such research and education programs are an important way to achieve what one scholar has called the 'happy balance between mass public appeal and scholarly respectability' (Ames, 30) that underlies a successful museum's appeal to both public entertainment and the expansion and extension of knowledge
In short, the museum concept remains hard to pin down: Museums are more than the repositories of the past, with memories and objects both rare and beautiful. Museums are cultural, educational, and civic centers in our communities - centers for exhibition, conservation, research, and interpretation; they are theaters and movie houses, job-training programs, schools and day-care centers, libraries and concert halls (Pitman, 1)
Most definitions include the permanent preservation and public display of significant cultural, educational, scientific and artistic objects. In particular, public perceptions of museums have tended to focus on their role as repositories and showcases for the latter; as Harold Skramstad has commented, 'When journalists and others outside the museum field speak of "museums," they are generally referring to art museums' (Skramstad, 111)