The history of museums - J. V. Maranto
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Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years -- but they weren't always like the ones we visit today. J.V. Maranto uncovers the evolution of museums, from the first museum in 530 BC (curated by a princess) to PT Barnum’s freak shows and beyond.
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- Educator J. V. Maranto
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What do you think is the next step in the evolution of museums?
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Harry Connerty
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Climate crisis I think is the next step in the evolution of museums.
Teacher Jorge Minicelli
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In my opinion, in 200 years, people will look at whatever will be left after humanity brings the world to a point of no-return, in terms of nature, climate crisis, overpopulation and et cetera. We have developed our intelects and our technologies so much. And this definitely will be on the museums of the future: our days of glory as the digital civilization, but also, our dark days, as we can't seem to be able to avoid our own apocalipse.
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Jack P Foreman
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Reevaluating museum ethics, inclusion, and how to draw the public eye.
MALAKIY MAYS
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BRAYLA BRADLEY
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i think they should add some more black culture things because, they have a lot of things that people could be interested in, and that's what I think.
ARTURO ZAVALA
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more tradicion
Leonardo Araujo
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Probably making museums more interactive, interactive museums already exist so I think they should be popularized.
Eric Johnson
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The perfect museum to me would actually be a step back for a lot of people, based on the many opinions on making future museums digitally. For me, I like the experience of going and doing stuff, instead of just looking at it through a VR headset, so bringing back some of the classical architecture that you find in the Smithsonian or the Louvre would be a bright future to me. Society seems to always get nostalgic and want more classic things to come back, which is apparent in movements like the Renaissance.
