history and function of museums

history and function of museums

Read two of the essential texts for this lecture and watch the video in the Lecture 1 Learning Materials. Then post a short essay (200-300 words) responding to the texts that summarizes the history and function of museums around the world.

USE THIS READINGS:

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJOJFynHR7E&feature=emb_logo

https://smarthistory.org/a-brief-history-of-the-art-museum/

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/approaches-to-art-history/tools-for-understanding-museums/museums-in-history/a/the-changing-social-functions-of-art-museums

PART TWO:

choose three articles listed under “Essential readings” to summarize in no more than 200 words each. Answer what is social justice in relation to museums? How can museums respond to current controversies and pressing issues? Should they? Can they legally do so?

Choose three:

1- See file “part 2” attached below

2- https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-biggest-controversies-that-rocked-the-art-world-in-2019-1741554

3- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/arts/design/moma-protests-trump-entry-ban-with-work-by-artists-from-muslim-nations.html

4- https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/museums-have-a-duty-to-be-political

5- https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/public-scholarship/museums-are-not-neutral/

6- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/arts/what-is-a-museum.html?searchResultPosition=1