Museum in a Box
Produced and presented by
Class 611 and Class 613
I.S. 281
Developing Creativity and Self Expression
• We cut, colored, researched and developed our ideas for this final presentation!
Assigned Groups
• 1. Selected a theme
• 2. Researched items appropriate for our theme
• 3. Cut and pasted
• 3. Emailed attachments to gather our research
• 4. Designed our museums &Prepared an Installations on pedestals
• Presented our museum to the public
PRESENTING THE STUDENTS’ WORK…
1. The Museum of Anthropology
Presented by
The Anthropology Girls!
“We worked really hard on our museum and because of that we
had a well finished museum.”
2. Museum of Art
“We did 3 – D objects.” Everybody loved them!
-The “Incredible Kids” Team
3.The Museum ofGlobal Art
4.The Museum of Astronomy
5.The Museum of Modern and Antique Cars
6. The Museum of Mexican and Guatemalteco Fashion
“We love jewelry and our home countries. It was fun to view all the different fashions rings, bracelets and necklaces of our cultures.”
- The “T n L” Team
Assorted stones for jewelry
7. Museums of Weapons
“We learned respect for people and weapons”
- The “Top Gun” Team
8. The Museum of Pakistan
“For the Museum of Pakistan Coins and Architecture we used actual coins. It was interesting to learn Fort Lahore is still in very good condition.”
- “The Future Architects” Team
9. The Museum of “Mixture Modern” Art
“We all liked the pictures of the city …you see sparkles of light in the city of Las Vegas!”
The Angels
10. The Rock and Roll History and Exotic Cars Museum
11. Museum of Cartoons and Art
“We liked the pictures and putting them in the project. It was cool to see great works of art…like a dog sculpture with a real dog collar around the neck!”
- The “Cartoon Fans” Team
12. Museum of Fashion
“We are the FASHION TIP TEAM and the experience was “crazy”. We didn’t agree on everything and had little fights from time to time, (about who was going to write a caption or who did the most work)…it was fun to get to an agreement. We also needed a lot of energy to put up all the pieces.”
13. Museum of Horticulture
“We learned about flowers and also how to email attachments to our teacher. It was a creative experiment”.
- The BUSY BEES Team
14. Museum of Dinosaurs and Fossils
“I had a lot of work to do, because I had the best attendance.”
- Digs Dinosaurs Team
Petrified Reptile
Sea shell Fossil
Specimen 5: faults and cervices in rock
15. The Museum of Egyptian Art
Egyptian Mummy
16. The Museum of Albanian Anthropology
This museum is still under construction…
16. The Museum of Planets and Galaxies
“It was great and I had a lot of fun working with all the stars and planets. I also found creative ways to decorate my museum.”
- The “Stars in My Eyes” Girl
17. Museum of Oceanography
“I wanted my museum to be fun so I put up a picture of a whale splashing around and having fun”
- The “Sea Breeze” Girl
Following Contributions
• Impressions in Clay• Anonymous (names unknown) artists• Unknown origin• Abstractions• Decorative arts• Sculpture
Abstract Art
Contribution by unknown artist
Abstract sculpture
Unknown contributor
Hand made hand painted decorative jewelry
We made everything from the boxes to the pedestals. We
designed our installations and as curators we collected art from all
over. Next time we visit a museum we will appreciate the the preparation as much as the
artwork!
Thank you for visiting
We hope you are inspired to visit a great museum soon!