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  • Best London Museums And Galleries
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    London began on two small patches of dry land in the middle of a marsh on the north bank of the Thames. That was long before the Romans came. In Roman times it was named Londinium, and was already a thriving centre of trade. Since then London has grown and grown in political and military importance, in trade and wealth. After the plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London of 1666, much of London was rebuilt under the direction of Christopher Wren. The Industrial Revolution (18th century) and th...
  • First Smithsonian Building
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    The National Museum of American History opened to the public in January 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. It was the sixth Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian was established in 1846 by an act of Congress as an institution for the 'increase and diffusion of knowledge. ' By the 1850's the organization was called the U.S. National museum and housed in the first Smithsonian building. Smithsonian collections developed both as specimens and as his...
  • Plate T Ang Dynasty
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    Chinese pottery The earliest Chinese pottery of which we have any records is the Neolithic ware from the river plains and loess highlands of north and north-west China. It was made between 5000 and 2000 B.C. and contains bowls, jars, pots and beakers of low-fires earthenware. This pots were not turned on a wheel but were build up by what is known as the Coil Method. That is, a long sausage of clay was wound carefully up into a coil shape and this coil was smoothed and patted by hand into the sha...
  • National Museum Of The Performing Arts
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    The Cambridge Dictionary Online defined museums as places of study, buildings where objects of historical, scientific or artistic interest are kept, preserved and exhibited. To The Museums Association, a museum is an institution which collects documents, preserves, exhibits and interprets material evidence and associated information for the public benefit. Since 1998, this definition has changed. Museums now enable the public to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment. They a...
  • 19th Century British Museums
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    HST 230's 'Modern ways of seeing': Studies in the role and development of C 19 museums RESEARCH ESSAY By: Stephen Conor Thabiso Ralph's 31 October 2001 In a recent holiday trip to the Drakensberg with my extended family (in celebration of my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary), with this essay at the back of my mind and my inherited sporting inclinations being enticed constantly, I was fortunate to be presented with a few symbolic 'visuals'. These visuals filter through at this stage of fina...
  • Four Centuries Of Knowledge Concerning Temple Construction
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    The Parthenon is the most significant and important symbol of the ancient Greek civilization to this day. This temple was built in dedication to the patron goddess of Athens, Athena Parthenos. The construction of this temple began in 447 B.C. and was not completed until almost 438 B.C. This temple was developed in the Doric order and made almost completely of pen telic marble. Even more astonishing is the fact that sculptural decoration was not completed until 432 B.C., almost 15 years after its...

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