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!