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Make Your Own Museum
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by:
Godard, Keith
Belloli, Andrea P.
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Publisher:
Getty Trust Pubn
Published: May 1999
ISBN: 0892362979
Format:Spiral-bound
Pages:44
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Book Description
From Publishers Weekly
In an effort to demystify museums for children, Belloli and Godard proffer a unique boxed kit that includes a spiral-bound book, three sets of "floors" and free-standing "walls" that form miniature galleries and artwork (both
punch-out and Colorform stickers) to place within them. Illustrated with a profusion of photographs, the book's succint text explains the history of museums, describing those who founded them and those who work in them, and emphasizes their role as a
repository for collections. A section at the end provides directions for assembling the rest of the kit. Readers are encouraged to go beyond curating the kit's pint-sized galleries and to establish their own collections as well. It's a creative
collaboration, and should take much of the starch out of the museum experience. All ages.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library
Journal
Grade 3-8?An original and informative package that is based on the interiors of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, CA. It contains punch-out furniture, sculptures, and figures of museum visitors and personnel so that kids can construct three
sets of walls and floors. Reusable ColorformsR of paintings, masks, and geometric shapes allow them to arrange or create their own exhibitions. The accompanying book describes famous collectors, with the emphasis on the many types of museums, such as
art... read more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
This interactive package for children ages six to twelve contains everything they need to create their own museum. The text and
accompanying activities lead children to discover for themselves the pleasures and challenges of collecting, sorting, trading, displaying, and caring for art objects. All the materials necessary for the creation of a small-scale model of three typical
galleries are included: three sets of walls and floors, punch-out furniture, and sculpture pieces. The same floors and walls can be reversed to create an all-purpose exhibit space. Four-color punch-out cards and reusable sticker reproductions of works of
art and other collectibles--most from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum--allow children to create their own exhibits by applying and re-applying them to the gallery walls.
The accompanying booklet provides suggestions for activities and
answers a number of commonly-asked questions, such as: When was the first museum started, and where? Why do people collect things? What kinds of museums are there? Who works in the museums and what exactly do they do?
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