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An 8 page research paper that takes as its premise that the writer has been asked to open a new museum. Six exhibits from a variety of cultures and civilizations are described. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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"civilized," and therefore fully fledged human beings, while regarding others as less than fully human due to differences in culture. Museums provide an excellent medium for defining what is meant
by "civilization," as through their exhibits, they demonstrate the diversity and nuance of human accomplishment. They also combat the human tendency towards ethnocentrism by demonstrating the diversity of human accomplishment.
This proposal for a new museum attempts to demonstrate through the exhibits selected that human civilizations are culturally diverse and infinitely varied, with their accomplishments encompassing an immense range of
abilities and perspectives. Carol Duncan argues that the experience of walking through and viewing the exhibits in a modern museum is a form of "ritual," which "involves an
element of performance" (Duncan, 1995, p. 12). The manner in which museum curators sequence space, arrange objects, and provide lighting and architectural detail serves to "provide both the stage set
and the script" of this modern ritual (Duncan, 1995, p. 12). The Origin of Western Culture exhibit, located on the second floor of the National Museum of Natural History in
Washington, DC, illustrates Duncans thesis. Even before reaching the exhibit, the visitor to this museum is exposed to the museums "ritual," in that, the visitor must first walk up a
long flight of steps towards the imposing architecture of the museum (Virtual tour, 2004). This building is characterized by Greek columns, an imposing marble edifice and a huge dome
ceiling that constitutes the rotunda (Virtual tour, 2004). As Duncan (1995) argues, the architecture alone announces to the visitor the importance of what is to be seen. The museum is
oriented in such a manner as to convey its mission, which is to inform the viewing public about the forces, both in nature and cultural, that have served to create
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