Brainstorm Museum Gallery Heritage
What is a Museum & Galleries?
A
Museum is a building, place or institution devoted to the acquisition,
conservation, study, exhibition and educational interpretation of objects
having scientific, historical or artistic value. The word Museum is derived
from the Latin muses, meaning ‘a source of inspiration’, or ‘to be absorbed in
one’s thoughts’.
Museums
collect and care for objects of scientific, artistic or historical importance
and make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be part of
the permanent collection or through temporary exhibits, Curator to look after
the objects and explain their history to visitors. A building that is a Museum
can often be part of the collection itself, Museums
can be said to ‘bring the past to life’ and are fantastic representations of
the different periods of our cultural history. They enable visitors to touch,
feel, see, hear experience and smell the past. Many museums now offer a programmer of events for different groups.
The
galleries have two types it is public galleries and private galleries, public
galleries which are non-profit or publicly owned museums that display selected
collections of art. On the other hand private galleries refer to the commercial
enterprises for the sale of art. However, both types of gallery may host
traveling exhibits or temporary exhibitions including art borrowed from
elsewhere.
What is Heritage?
Heritage
is the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and
culture. Most important, it is the range
of contemporary activities, meanings, and behaviors that we draw from them.
Heritage
includes, but is much more than preserving, excavating, displaying, or
restoring a collection of old things. It is both tangible and intangible, in
the sense that ideas and memories of songs, recipes, language, dances, and many
other elements of who we are and how we identify ourselves are as important as
historical buildings and archaeological sites.
Heritage
is, or should be, the subject of active public reflection, debate, and
discussion. What is worth saving? What can we, or should we, forget? What memories can we enjoy, regret, or learn
from? Who owns "The Past" and
who is entitled to speak for past generations?
Active public discussion about material and intangible heritage of
individuals, groups, communities, and nations--is a valuable facet of public
life in our multicultural world.
Heritage
is a contemporary activity with far-reaching effects. It can be an element of
far-sighted urban and regional planning.
It can be the platform for political recognition, a medium for
intercultural dialogue, a means of ethical reflection, and the potential basis
for local economic development. It is
simultaneously local and particular, global and shared. Heritage
is an essential part of the present we live in and of the future we will build.
