BB 11/10/15

Good morning Phoenix, and welcome once more to Trivia Tuesday. Today, we’re going to highlight a subject near and dear to Jordana’s heart – museums.

According to the Museums of the World, there are about 55,000 museums in 202 countries. There are science museums, history museums, military museums, outdoor museums, and virtual museums. The possibilities are endless, so let’s just take a look at a few facts about museums.

Museum management positions:

• Curator - research the collection and most often write the text labels for exhibitions

• Collections Management/Registrar - responsible for the care and maintenance of all objects in the museum’s collection, tracks movement of objects in and out of the museum on loan or on exhibition, records information about objects in databases-such as an object's provenance.

• Public Programmer/Educator - creates programs for the public and designs interactives for exhibitions. This position also oversees volunteers and docents at the museum.

• Exhibition Designer - designs and installs the exhibition under the supervision of the curator and collections manager.

• Building Operators - oversee security and maintenance of the museum. In larger museums, building operators will work with Collections Managers to maintain appropriate levels of temperature and humidity which can affect the stability of the objects.

The top 10 museums in the world are:

• The Louvre, Paris – This is where you’ll find the Mona Lisa.

• The Hermitage, St. Petersburg Russia – Houses the world’s largest collection of paintings.

• The British Museum, London - The highlight is the Elgin Marbles that once decorated the Parthenon in Athens.

• The Egyptian Museum, Cairo - Among the thousands of treasures (which includes the popular Mummy Room) are the famous artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Uffizi, Florence – This 16th century palace holds among its treasures Botticelli’s famous Birth of Venus.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), New York City - It holds more than 2 million works from around the world, from pre-history to the 21st century.

• MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York City - This is the most important modern art museum in the world. It covers the late 19th century to the present day, with highlights including Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon and Van Gogh's Starry night.

• The Vatican Museums, Rome – the highlight here is the Sistine Chapel.

• The Prado, Madrid - Spanish masterpieces by Goya, El Greco and Velazquez (whose Las Meninas is the best-known work of the museum).

• National Archaeology Museum, Athens - Its unrivaled collection includes a bronze Artemision Podeidon from the 5th century B.C.

Have a fangtastic day my friends!  <3 Brock V"""V