What is a Museum?
A museum is where they collect and store artefacts whether
they are from the past or modern art. Tate Modern:
What are their aims/goals?
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Connecting the UK to the World
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Be more inviting to all people
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Present a range of different views
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Seek new partnerships
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To promote public understanding and enjoyment of
British modern and contemporary art.
Who do the museums say they are for?
People who are interested in modern art.The Natural History Museum:
What are their aims/goals?
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To share knowledge by encouraging curiosity and
enjoyment of the natural world
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To look after natural history specimens and rare
books and manuscripts.
Who do the museums say they are for?
Everyone who is curious in seeing our natural world. Smithsonian:
What are their aims/goals?
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Deliver high quality products and services
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Work with the greatest responsibility
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Be of benefit to the public
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Shape the future by preserving our heritage,
discovering new knowledge and sharing our resources with the world
Who do the museums say they are for?
To all the public.What is a community?
A community is where a group of diverse people (who live in the same village or town) come together to form a social group.
Madame Tussauds
Me and Ruby got given the community group, ‘Young and in Secondary School.’ We thought that Madame Tussauds would be a good museum for the community group because it has waxworks of famous people, which would interest young people. To make it more interesting for them, Madame Tussauds has a mobile app which has games and quizzes on. As well as that they have a YouTube channel and inside the museum they a have a 4D Movie Experience. This will interest young people because we keep up with all the latest technology, such as mobiles phones and their applications, and also the majority of the young generation have or watch YouTube. In addition, for this museum to have a 4D movie experience it is interacting with their target audience.
To improve this museum further for young people we thought that to make the waxworks interactive was to have audio in them. You would press a button and then they would say a famous quote of theirs, or you can ask them a question and they will reply back (an example is Siri IPhone 5). Furthermore, they could also have interactive maps. You could take this equipment around with you and then scan in a bar code which would be on the waxwork, this would then give information on how this waxwork was made, when it was made and information about the person. These 2 ideas would benefit Madame Tussauds because they could also inherit a new community group, such as a special needs person (because it will be more interactive).
