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Museum Books
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists. Museums host a much wider range of objects than a library, and they usually focus on a specific theme, such as the arts, science, natural history or local history. Public museums that host exhibitions and interactive demonstrations are often tourist attractions, and many draw large numbers of visitors from outside of their host country, with the most visited museums in the world attracting millions of visitors annually. Since the establishment of the earliest known museum in ancient times, museums have been associated with academia and the preservation of rare items. Museums originated as private collections of interesting items, and not until much later did the emphasis on educating the public take root. Etymology The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Chileno De Arte Precolombino
The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art () is an art museum dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artefact (archaeology), artifacts from Central America, Central and South America. The museum is located in the city centre of Santiago, Chile, Santiago, the capital of Chile. The museum was founded by the Chilean architect and antiquities collector Sergio Larraín García-Moreno, who had sought premises for the display and preservation of his private collection of pre-Columbian artefacts acquired over the course of nearly fifty years. With the support of Santiago's municipalidad, municipal government at the time, García-Moreno secured the building and established the museum's curatorial institution. The museum first opened in December 1981. Building The museum is housed in the Palacio de la Real Aduana, which was constructed between 1805 and 1807. It is located a block west of the Plaza de Armas (Santiago), Plaza de Armas and close to the Palacio de los T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
