HOW TO CREATE MODERN MUSEUMS Muses Daughters of

HOW TO CREATE MODERN MUSEUMS

Muses- Daughters of Zeus Six beautiful daughters of Zeus are called Muses. They are known as “source of inspiration”. The word of museum derives from those source of inspirations, which means that the more museums we have the more source of inspiration we have.

What is a museum? Museum is a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. (Oxford Online Dictionary)

What is a modern museum? Modern museums do not simply store or exhibit the objects and wait for the visitors. They bring those items to people by means of modern technology.

�Main aim in modern museums is education and education goes on with the help of these museums even out of the school. �Modern museums have libraries, meeting halls, research centers, laboratories as a cultural unit.

Main Approaches �Cyber Museums �Touchable Museum �Mobile Museums �Foundation Museums

Cyber Museums �They are the best examples of the modern museums. They attract the visitors using the technology so that the visitors all around the world can reach the museums with only a click. �The New York Metropolitan Museum and The London British Museum are of good examples.

Touchable Museums �Touchable museums are one of the best examples of modern museums. �“Philadelphia Please Touch” museum is an example for this kind of museums.

www. pleasetouchmuseum. org �This museum was founded in 1976. �The target audience is children seven or under. �“Play” has an important role. �Their mission is to enrich the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play.

Foundation Museums This kind of museums is the basic way of modern museums. The best example is the Smithsonian Institute.

Smithsonian Institute �It was founded by Smithson Family and has reached almost 25000 audiences every year with 19 museums, research centers, library and television. It contains: � 137 million artifacts, works of art and specimens in the Smithsonian's collections � 7. 4 million digital records available online � 1. 8 million library volumes

Mobile Museums This kind of museums brings the museum to the audinces with the help of big trucks or just with technology. Here is an example from Türkiye:

Çanakkale Seddülbahir Savaş Müzesi

This museum is a product of “From Çanakkale to Anatolia” project.

It travels around Türkiye and exhibits the stuffs from Çanakkale War in 1915.

Examples from Türkiye

İzmir Play and Toy Museum aims at presenting the history of a fantastic world.

İstanbul Toy Museum

�The museum was opened on April 23 rd, 2005. The galleries host more than 4000 toys collected from antique dealers from all over the world. �It is the first museum founded by a poet, Sunay Akın and designed by a professional stage designer, Ayhan Doğan.

İstanbul Modern �The İstanbul Museum of Modern Art, Turkey’s first private museum to organize modern and contemporary art exhibitions, was founded in 2004.

�They have organized four permanent collection exhibitions and hosted 24 temporary exhibits, including a comprehensive exhibition of Turkish sculpture, retrospectives and major international shows. �They presented 23 photography exhibitions, featuring some of the world’s best-known artists.

II. Beyazid Külliyesi (Health Museum) �This museum got the European Museum Award in 2004. �The concept is about History of Medicine and Ontology in Ottoman Empire.

The museum exhibits models of doctors who treat their patients mostly with music.

The athmosphere in the museum is created the same as the original with the help of models, original costumes and music.

As a reminder… “Culture is the foundation of the Turkish Republic. ” M. Kemal Atatürk

Have a nice week in Türkiye…