-importance of art museums and cultures -famous paintings -art exhibition requirements -circulations -references

1. A RT M U S E U M S
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2. A RT M U S E U M S
• An art museum is a building or space for exhibition of art,
usually visual art.
• Museums can be public or private, what distinguishes a
museum is the ownership of a collection.
• Art collections include paintings, sculpture, decorative arts,
murals, architectural fragments, collages, illustrations and
drawings.
• Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects;
however, sculptures, decorative arts, photographs, and
installation art are also regularly shown.

3. 5 M O S T FA M O U S PA I N T I N G S I N
A RT M U S E U M S
• 1. 'Mona Lisa ’ - Louvre Museum (France)
• 2. 'The Last Supper’ - Santa Maria delle Graize (Italy)
• 3. 'The Scream’ - National Museum (Norway)
• 4. 'The Starry Night’ - Museum of Modern Art (New York City)
• 5. 'Girl With a Pearl Earring’ – Mauritshuis Museum (Netherlands)
• 6. 'Creation of Adam’ - Sistine Chapel (Vatican City)

4. I M P O R TA N C E O F A R T
M U S E U M S &
C U LT U R E S
When we stand in an art museum, we allow our minds to gain a better
understanding and respect to other’s societies, ideas, beliefs & values.
Art inspires us to proudly displays human achievement.
Art museums allow us to explore foreign and domestic cultures through
paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs and textile works.
They promote better understanding of heritage, curiosity and self-
reflection.
• Learning from the past
• Bringing communities together
• Innovation and Interaction
• Educating future generations

5. A RT E X H I B I T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S
• Stable, neat and clean, and suited to the objects on
display.
• Good way of influencing people traffic.
• Set the ‘eye level’ for hanging pictures.
• Space is managed by the size of the collection and
the method of display .
• More display space for larger artefacts if their full
impact is to be communicated.
• High capacity floor loading is important for heavy
items in exhibition and has to be provided for
anticipated numbers and distribution of visitors.
• Flexibility in terms of lighting, power and
environmental control.

6. C I R C U L AT I O N
• It has been found that the built, designed forms of museums and galleries are bound up in visitors’ experiences
in complex and significant ways, as visitors move through museums, they map their experiences physically, as
well as emotionally and imaginatively.
• The observation that objects and collections placed in one context will look and feel differently when placed in
another context
Circulation determines what
they will see, where they will
focus their attention, and,
ultimately, what they will learn
and experience.

7. R E F E R E N C E S
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum
• https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/most-famous-paintings/index.html
• https://museumsvictoria.com.au/learning/small-object-big-story/5-exhibition-basics/
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331363326_Museum_Architecture_Matters
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229781479_An_Analysis_of_Visitor_Circulation_Movement_P
atterns_and_the_General_Value_Principle
• https://www.museumnext.com/article/why-we-need-museums-now-more-than-
ever/#:~:text=First%20and%20foremost%2C%20museums%20and,true%20in%20times%20of%20turmoil.
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-museums-are-important_b_6355710
• https://ourpastimes.com/why-art-museums-are-important-to-society-12335471.html