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MUSEUM REPORT

Prepare a written report on your visit to the exhibit of your choice. Answer in full essay form EACH of the following questions. NUMBER EACH and skip a line between each answer.
  1. Describe the subject area selected and write a brief introduction based on reading assignments and your research. List the sources consulted. Name the museum visited and give the number of rooms devoted to the artifacts under review.
  2. Did the exhibit visited provide maps, chronological tables, photos of sites, landscapes or other artifacts to give you some orientation or background information to the cultural artifacts on display? If so, describe them in some detail.
  3. Give a description of the kinds of artifacts which you found on display. (pottery,textile,tools,paintings,glassware,weapons,sculptures,ecclesiastical furnishings,parts of buildings, etc.)
  4. Did you find any evidance of the political ideas or institutions prevalent in the culture under study. Give specific illustrations.
  5. Describe what could be learned about the economy of the culture from the artifacts on display.
  6. Is there any evidence from the artifacts that people of this culture were literate? If so, describe it.
  7. Works of art freguently tell us much about the ordinary details of everyday life in a culture. What did you learn about the way of life of the people from two specific artifacts on exhibit?
  8. Did you find any specific evidence for the religious beliefs of the people whose culture you selected. Describe it.
  9. In what specific ways did your visit to the museum add to your understanding of the subject beyond that found in your text?
  10. Do you think the museum exhibit was deficient in any way as a means of educating the viewer? Explain in specific detail.

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