On Tuesday, Demone and I worked together to refine our objects list. We reviewed two spreadsheets that Ms. Bryner sent us on artifacts displayed in specific exhibits. We picked out a representative sample of African masks and also selected artifacts from Treasures from the Moravian Attic.
We found out that the artifacts that we had picked to represent the MOA's recent acquisitions were already going to be used in another upcoming exhibit, so we went back through the MOA's Artifact Database (http://moa.wfu.edu/research-collections/) to find different ones to display.
In addition to working on our artifacts list, we also met with Sara Cromwell to review the Museum's entry statistics. These statistics gave insight into the age groups visiting the MOA and the reasons for the visit (was it for a lecture, a summer camp, an adult program, school education, etc.?). Demone and I reviewed the spreadsheet to better understand our target audience.
On Thursday, Ms. Bryner took Demone and me to the Museum's off-site storage center. We examined, in person, the artifacts that we had selected off the website to further refine our list. There were some artifacts that we chose to remove from our potential display list and others that we chose to add.
I greatly enjoyed the trip to the off-site storage facility. It offered good insight into how the Museum preserves, stores and catalogs artifacts. It was also helpful to see the objects in person as some turned out to be much bigger than they had looked online and others much smaller.
By the end of the visit, our objects list was still long, but now that we are able to visualize the artifacts, I think that it will be easier for us to narrow down the list next week.
No comments:
Post a Comment