Museum Collections

Utilizing Museum Collectionsto Enhance the Humanities

http://www.museum.cornell.edu/HFJ/handbook/hb118.html

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/meesterwerken

http://www.louvre.fr/media/repository/ressources/sources/illustration/atlas/x196image_59546_v2_m56577569830615660.jpg

Using Museum Images to Illustrate Ideas

The British Museum:http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights.aspx

The Sutton Hoo Treasures:“…love of beauty, joy in creation, perfection in craftsmanship [flourished] in the Dark Ages…” ~ Rupert Bruce-Mitford

Using Museum Images to Teach a Particular Form

The Johnson Art Museum:http://www.museum.cornell.edu/HFJ/handbook/hb118.html

Vanitas Paintings: “Vanitas paintings…have their own internal logic… and are meant to challenge the intellect…”

Using Museum Images as a Hook to Interest Students in a Topic

The Metropolitan Museum of Art:

http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/

The Puritans: How can you identify this man as a Puritan? What elements convey this?

Virtual Tours

The Dickens Museum:

http://dickensmuseum.com/vtour/

What elements make this home Victorian?

The Peabody Essex Museum:

http://www.pem.org/visit/yin_yu_tang.php

What elements characterize Chinese homes?

Using Museum Archives to Bring History to Life

The Smithsonian:

http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true?_pageLabel=detail&negNum=2004-26275&action=detail

The Voting Machine (illustration)

The Foundling Hospital Museum:

http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/oralhistory.php

Recordings of former residents

Prepared by Eileen Bach

Concordia International School Shanghai

C. 2010