Museum

Duration: 38

Year Published: 1979

Creator: Janus Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Visits several diverse museums to document the basic functions of preservation, acquisition, exhibition, and education. Overviews the daily tasks of professional and volunteer employees and shows the acquisition of objects by purchase, gift, excavation, and loan. Follows the handling of five different objects as they are assessed, repaired, photographed, tested, and used for educational purposes with learners of all ages. Shows pigment testing and tests using X-rays, and ultraviolet and infrared light, explaining how to determine critical features., A behind-the-scenes look at the activities in four major American museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; the Museum of African Art, Washington; and the Museum of Natural History, New York. Examines the design and installation of temporary exhibits and the technology used to date and restore works of art. Includes unique footage of the presentation of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. , A behind-the-scenes look at the activities in four major American museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; the Museum of African Art, Washington; and the Museum of Natural History, New York. Examines the design and installation of temporary exhibits and the technology used to date and restore works of art. Includes unique footage of the presentation of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Complete Record: Visits several diverse museums to document the basic functions of preservation, acquisition, exhibition, and education. Overviews the daily tasks of professional and volunteer employees and shows the acquisition of objects by purchase, gift, excavation, and loan. Follows the handling of five different objects as they are assessed, repaired, photographed, tested, and used for educational purposes with learners of all ages. Shows pigment testing and tests using X-rays, and ultraviolet and infrared light, explaining how to determine critical features., A behind-the-scenes look at the activities in four major American museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; the Museum of African Art, Washington; and the Museum of Natural History, New York. Examines the design and installation of temporary exhibits and the technology used to date and restore works of art. Includes unique footage of the presentation of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. , A behind-the-scenes look at the activities in four major American museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; the Museum of African Art, Washington; and the Museum of Natural History, New York. Examines the design and installation of temporary exhibits and the technology used to date and restore works of art. Includes unique footage of the presentation of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.