3. INTRODUCTION A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced. Typically resources are materials, energy, services, staff, knowledge, or other assets that are transformed to produce benefit and in the process may be consumed or made unavailable. Benefits of resource utilization may include increased wealth, meeting needs or wants, proper functioning of a system, or enhanced well being. From a human perspective a natural resource is anything obtained from the environment to satisfy human needs and wants. From a broader biological or ecological perspective a resource satisfies the needs of a living organism The concept of resources has been applied in diverse realms, including with respect to economics, biology and ecology, computer science, management, and human resources, and is linked to the concepts of competition, sustainability, conservation, and stewardship. In application within human society, commercial or non-commercial factors require resource allocation through resource management. Resources have three main characteristics: utility, limited availability, and potential for depletion or consumption. Resources have been variously categorize as biotic versus abiotic,renewable versus non- renewable, and potential versus actual, along with more elaborate classification.
4. MUSEUM
A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.[1] Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist in smaller cities, towns and even the countryside. Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the general public. A museum is a place where antique objects related to art, science, history, geography etc. are placed for studies. It is a place of great interest. It is highly informative and educative.
The English "museum" comes from the Latin word, and is pluralized as "museums" (or rarely, "musea"). It is originally from the Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseion), which denotes a place or temple dedicated to theMuses (the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts), and hence a building set apart for study and the arts,[
The purpose of modern museums is to collect, preserve, interpret, and display items of
5. cultural, artistic, or scientific significance for the education of the public. Types of museums vary, from large institutions, covering many of the categories below, to very small institutions focusing on a specific subject, location, or a notable person. Categories include: fine arts, applied arts,craft, archaeology, anthropology and ethnology, biography, history, cultural history, science, technology, children's museums, natural history, botanical and zoological gardens. Within these categories many museums specialize further, e.g. museums of modern art, folk art, local history, military history, aviation history, philately, agriculture or geology. Another type of museum is an encyclopedic museum. Commonly referred to as a universal museum, encyclopedic museums have collections representative of the world and typically include art, science, history, and cultural history. The type and size of a museum is reflected in its collection. A museum normally houses a core collection of important selected objects in its field.
Science museum
Science museums and technology centers or technology museums revolve around scientific achievements, and marvels and their history. To explain
6. complicated inventions, a combination of demonstrations, interactive programs and thought-provoking media are used. Some museums may have exhibits on topics such as computers, aviation, railway museums, physics, astronomy, and the animal kingdom. Science museums traditionally emphasize cultural heritage through objects of intrinsic valueScience museums were institutions of authoritative, uncontestable, knowledge, places of 'collecting, seeing and knowing, places where "anybody" might come and survey the evidence of science.[71Dinosaurs, extensive invertebrate and vertebrate collections, plant taxonomies, and so on - these were the orders of the day.
A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of subject matter and introduced many interactive exhibits. Many if not most modern science museums — which increasingly refer to themselves as "science centers" or "discovery centers" — also emphasize technology, and are therefore also technology museums. The mission statements of science centers and modern museums vary, but they are united in being places that make
7. science accessible and encourage the excitement of discovery. They are an integral and dynamic part of the learning environment.
Although zoos and botanic gardens are not often thought of as museums, they are in fact "living museums". They exist for the same purpose as other museums: to educate, inspire action, and to study, develop and manage collections. They are also managed much like other museums and face the same challenges.
The Louvre Museum in Paris (France), one of the largest and most famous museums in the world
8. The Uffizi Gallery, the most visited museum in Italy and one of the most important in the world. View toward the Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence
9. ZOO
A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden, and also called amenagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals, a term deriving from the Greek zōon ("animal") and lógos ("study"). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1847. The number of major animal collections open to the public around the world now exceeds 1,000, around 80 percent of them in cities.
10. Animals from all over the world are captured and put in zoos. Take the time and think about where animals come from. Think about the natural habitat they are taken from. Whether it be a dolphin from the ocean, or a tiger from a rain forest. Think about the fear or stress the process of catching an animal instills in an animal. Although captivity may be key to saving some species, zoo captivity should be stopped not only because they don’t provide a sufficient amount of space for the animal, but also because researchers and experts say that captivity can destroy the mental state and emotion. Zoos will never be the best place to put animals, for many reasons. Zoos can never give an animal the experience of being in the wild. A man made structure will never be able to replicate a natural habitat. Although putting animals in captivity may save a certain species, zoos are nothing compared to the wild. Zoos are not the best option not only because they can destroy an animal’s mental and emotional health but also a zoo will never give them a feeling of being in the wild. onal health of an animal, in turn causing early death.
13. CONCLUSION
A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced. Typically resources are materials, energy, services, staff, knowledge A museum is a place where antique objects related to art, science, history, geography etc. are placed for studies. It is a place of great interest. It is highly informative and educative.
A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery Animals from all over the world are captured and put in zoos
A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden, and also called amenagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.
14. REFERENCE
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