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A 6 page research paper that contrasts and compares 3 museums, and then discusses the writer's favorite museums in the DC area. This examination of museums discusses each museum's specific purpose, considering what is valued in each museum. Bibliography lists sources.
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its values and truths" (p. 8). In other words, Duncan argues that museums themselves are statements about a culture and what that particular culture values. In the way that
museums sequence space and arrange objects, Duncan (1995) sees the logistics of ritual at work and, furthermore, she argues that "Those who are best prepared to perform its ritual --
those who are most able to respond to its various cues -- are also those who identities (social, sexual, racial, etc.) the museum ritual most fully confirms" (p. 8). With
this argument in mind, the following examination of three museums will examine the specific purpose, the "ritual." that is addressed in each instance, considering what is valued in each museum
and whether or not its "ritual" is important enough to require a museum. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is devoted to showcasing the continuing evolution of modern and
contemporary art (2004). From its inception, it has seen as its missions to continue the passion of its founders for "collecting...the art of our time" (2004). This extraordinarily round building
announces to the visitor that it orientation is modernistic, as it looks rather like a large white derby with the brim cut off. It is imposing, yet nothing about the
architecture of the building is reminiscent of standard architecture. The Hirshhorn, it seems to this writer/tutor, is more about questions, then about precise answers. As pointed out by the Hirshhorn
web page, the art explores the dynamics of human experience and also connects the art of the present to that of the past. The Internet page for the Hirshhorn
explains that "Numerous questions, ranging from philosophical to formal are explored through groupings of modern and contemporary paintings and sculpture (2004). The questions generated by this art and its
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