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Museums : Social and Cultural Anthropology
902 words, approx. 3 pages The popular image of the museum, a neoclassical temple acting as national treasure chest or tomb for the relics of past civilizations, visited by families on rainy afternoons, was well established by the end of the nineteenth century in much of Europe...
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Museums : Contemporary Chinese Culture
479 words, approx. 2 pages As important cultural institutions, Chinese museums are managed by the State Bureau of Cultural Relics. Since the first museum appeared in China in 1868, there are currently more than 1,400 museums, most of which have been established since the 1980s....
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Museums Summary
5,144 words, approx. 17 pages The word "museum," from the ancient Greek mouseion, originally referred to any location sacred to the Muses (Mousa). The Muses, who were the ancient Greek goddesses of the arts, were honored and revered by poets, playwrights, and artists....
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Museum Information
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 A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible...




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 Mississippi Business Journal
Museums.
09/10/2007: 1,724 words, approx. 6 pages Museums Names, Year Founded Operating Hours Address Phone/FAX Beauvior, The Jefferson Davis Home (Mar.-Oct.) 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Presidential Library, 1941 (Nov.-Feb.) 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 2244 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, MS 39531 (228) 388-9074/388-7084 Cottonlandia Museum Mon.-Fri.-9a.m.-5p.m., 1608 Hwy. 82 W., Greenwood, MS 38930...
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 The Washington Post
Museums
04/18/2002: 365 words, approx. 1 pages Airmen Memorial Museum 5211 Auth Rd. Suitland, Md. 301-899-3500 Antique Chesapeake Carousel and Miniature Train Watkins Regional Park 301 Watkins Park Dr. Upper Marlboro, Md. 301-218-6761 Belair Mansion 12207 Tulip Grove Dr. ...
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 The New York Observer
WTC Museum Director Named
2/7/2006: 1,261 words, approx. 4 pages Alice M. Greenwald It's Alice Greenwald, who presently is the Associate Museum Director for Museum Programs for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington: The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, in cooperation with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), today announced that Alice M....
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Ford presidential museum reopens
1/6/2007: 278 words, approx. 1 pages Barb Hikade and her teenage daughter had to arrive about an hour early Saturday to be first in line when the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum reopened for the first time since the former president's death last month.Hikade and daughter, Michelle, stood with about 100...


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