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  The Museum building reconstruction and modernisation
In addition, the museum had to cope with marked spatial limitations, as most of the building was taken up by other institutions and hardly one third of it could be used for museum purposes at that time.
Although the building of the museum was due to its artistic, architectonic and city-planning qualities included into the official list of cultural monuments of the Czech Republic, since 1942 until almost the present day the building only underwent maintenance, but not any significant modernization work.
The necessity of complex modernization of the whole museum building was obvious and led to the submission of an investment plan for an overall modernization project in 2001.
www.ntm.cz /info/2006-rekonstrukce_en   (556 words)

  
  Museum Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Museum Island (or, in German, Museumsinsel) in Berlin, Germany, is the name of the northern half of an island in the Spree river, in the center of the city.
The island received its name for several internationally renowned museums that are now occupying all of the island's northern half (originally a residential area dedicated to "art and science" by King Frederick William IV of Prussia in 1841).
The Old Museum (Altes Museum) is the oldest of the museums, finished in 1830 according to the plans by Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Museum_Island   (529 words)

  
 ARCΗΑΕΟLΟGΙCΑL MUSΕUΜ ΟF THESSΑLΟΝΙΚΙ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A few years later, in 1978, the astonishing discoveries at Vergina led to the first changes in the display: finds from the royal tombs were exhibited in the rooms housing the prehistoric collection and miniature art as part of the exhibition “Treasures of Ancient Macedonia”.
This same year saw the begininng of the excavation of the cemetey at Sindos, with its rich finds of gold, and the "Sindos" exhibition was opened to the public in October 1982.
Reconstruction of the facade of the Macedonian tomb from
alexander.macedonia.culture.gr /2/21/211/21116/e211pm01.html   (696 words)

  
 Reconstruction Museum - English version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The museum's exhibitions will deal with our recent past and the experiences of people who are living today, our parents or grandparents.
As you wander through the tower, you will become acquainted with the architecture of the reconstruction period, the imaginative and individual barrack architecture and see how the various cultural trends influenced the pre-war architecture.
Experience an overall urban environment where the architecture from the reconstruction period illustrates both the individual communication through form and the concept of equality.
www.museumsnett.no /gjenreisningsmuseet/english1.html   (294 words)

  
 museums
Burnaby Village Museum is the museum for the City of Burnaby.
Railway museum portrays the history of the GTP and CN in region and the impact the railroad had on the...
The Richmond Museum is accessible to the pub...
www.soscanada2000.com /entertainment/museums.html   (4562 words)

  
 Arkansas Museum Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The museum pretty much chronicles the history of the museum, which was the county courthouse until Jacksonport was bypassed by the railroad.
The museum is phase one of a plan for a fantasy camp recreating air cadet life in the 1940's and 1950's complete with USO shows and military haircuts.
This museum, operating in a basement and on a shoestring, is literally a veterans' military museum in that it's comprised of the private collections of things liberated (or looted, depending on your p.o.v.) by local veterans in the service of their country.
users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/museums/musindex.html   (10683 words)

  
 Royal Tyrrell Museum - ...celebrating life
The Royal Tyrrell Museum is proud to be one of 12 natural history museums from across Canada to form an alliance to increase the preservation and understanding of Canada's natural heritage.
Museum staff searched the area, but no other fossils were found, and the whereabouts of the turtle's skull remain a mystery.
The Museum was selected as a provincial winner in the fourth annual competition recognizing outstanding contributions to culture and education by Canadian attractions.
www.tyrrellmuseum.com /events   (4665 words)

  
 Reconstruction and Expanding Construction of the National Museum of China kicks off   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Upon the completion by the end of October 2007, the Museum will be extended some 70 meters to the east, and its area will be enlarged to 150, 000 square meters instead of the current 65, 000 square meters.
The museum will be extended to the east with a roof to be built over the open-air courtyard.
The Museum was built in 1959 and was one of the ten major architectural buildings of Beijing at that time.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200403/30/print20040330_138957.html   (457 words)

  
 Iraq Museum International Open Encyclopedia: Babylon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Nebuchadrezzar ordered the complete reconstruction of the imperial grounds, including rebuilding the Etemenanki and the construction of the Ishtar Gate, the most spectacular of eight that ringed the perimeter of Babylon.
Nebuchadrezzar is also credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) which he is said to have had built for his homesick wife Amyitis.
In a report of the British Museum's Near East department, Dr. John Curtis describes how parts of the archaeological site were levelled to create a landing area for helicopters, and parking lots for heavy vehicles.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Babylon   (1518 words)

  
 Patan Museum Report: preservation, restoration, reconstruction
During the second phase of the project (1986-1987), they were reconstructed to their original shape with the aid of pre-earthquake photographs.
The reconstruction of the balcony took up the typical slanting design of similar balconies of the period (see next page), while the window and door were replaced with authentic masterpieces of 18th century Nepalese wood-craft.
Basic features of its neo-classical character have been retained in the 1990 reconstruction: the simple A-b-A rhythm of alternating large and small windows and doors, as well as the main materials of exposed brick, and of white cornices, pilasters and plaster surrounds.
www.asianart.com /patan-museum/report/page4.html   (1886 words)

  
 Museum
The location and scope of the collection of antiquities seem not to be recorded in European sources: on one account it was moved to the School of Engineering in Boulaq in 1849, but another account has it moved to the Cairo citadel from a palace in the Ezbekiya quarter of Cairo in 1851.
As recurrently in all museum histories, the government did not always respect the integrity of the collection; it seems that Abbas I presented part of the collection to Sultan Abd al-Aziz, and that his successor Said presented the remainder to Archduke Maximilian of Austria in 1855.
Following suggestions at the end of the nineteenth century, in 1914 the Coptic Museum was founded by Marcus Simaika (1864-1944), a wealthy Copt and leading figure in encouraging Coptic interest in the Coptic past.
www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk /museum/museum6.html   (720 words)

  
 Annapolis Maritime Museum
Dedicated to preserving and commemorating the maritime heritage of Annapolis and the neighboring waters of the Chesapeake Bay
The Annapolis Maritime Museum is rebuilding its website to better inform you of our progress in refurbishing and opening the McNasby Oyster Company building, telling you about our current programs and our plans for the future.
Damaged by Hurricane Isabel in 2003, the reconstructed McNasby’s will be a 7,000 square foot museum with exhibits, classroom, meeting room, and public amenities, showcasing the area’s rich maritime heritage.
www.annapolismaritimemuseum.org   (241 words)

  
 Reconstruction Museum - Reconstruction 1945-1960   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This bureaucracy was in sharp contrast to the pre-war municipal administration that consisted primarily of chief municipal treasurers and chairmen.
Others emphasise that the reconstruction home represents something completely new, and that the architecture of the reconstruction period is the most homogenous to ever be built here in the country.
However, the researchers agree that the pre-war architectural diversity with clear divisions between the inland-, fjord- and coastal regions is disappearing to a certain extent.
www.museumsnett.no /gjenreisningsmuseet/english4.html   (1269 words)

  
 Reconstruction Update -- OCNJ Historical Museum
This is the Museum’s first major renovation since it moved into the Cultural and Community Center in 1990.
In addition, the Museum was painted and new carpeting and ceiling tiles were installed by the City of Ocean City.
The new and improved museum will represent our City’s past, preserve our culture for future generations and serve as a destination during many of the Anniversary celebrations.
www.ocnjmuseum.org /aboutus/reopening.htm   (329 words)

  
 Archaeological Illustrations
Reconstruction was accurately done using authentic materials and methods.
The color portrait forensic reconstruction above which I painted was the model for the priestly mannequin dressed in ceremonial attire displayed in the site interpretive center.
Susan K. Nelson is a Licentiate Member of The Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK She has a Master of Arts degree in Archaeology Education from the McGregor School at Antioch University.
home.earthlink.net /~susankae/archill.htm   (478 words)

  
 Family museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In july on Sundays at 12.00 AM to 18.00 PM and in other times by phonecall to the house front of museum to Sirkka ja Tenho Kujala, (in Finland) Tel: 05 366 5190.
In the autumn of 1995 the storehouse was taken to pieces, the timbers were numbered and taken to their future site in the park of the family museum.
The reconstruction work started the very same autumn and it went on the following spring.
www.kolumbus.fi /manttari/english/museum.html   (195 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Norway: Arts and Entertainment: Museums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Borg Viking Museum - A reconstruction of a chieftain's homestead in Norway, based on the discovery of a remarkably large building.
The exhibitions at the Norwegian Aviation Museum are the result of a co-operation between NL, the Military Defence Museum and the Norwegian CAA Museum.
Norwegian Emigrant Museum - The museum's purpose is to reveal the workings of a process in society - emigration, immigration and return migration.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Norway/Arts_and_Entertainment/Museums   (394 words)

  
 Polish culture: Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw
The Museum of Architecture opened in 1965 in a Late Gothic Bernardine church and monastery dating back to the second half of the fifteenth century.
Originally a branch of the Museum of the City of Wroclaw, when it was known as the Museum of Architecture and Reconstruction, it was later to become an independent, specialised institution called the Museum of Architecture.
The Museum's holdings show the evolution of architecture in general, though with a special focus on Poland, and also illustrate architects' lives and work.
www.culture.pl /en/culture/artykuly/in_mu_architektury_wroclaw   (150 words)

  
 Bethel College News: Twenty years of prairie reconstruction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
New board officers are Melvin Epp (president), Whitewater, a research scientist at the Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning International in Wichita, Jacob D. Goering (vice president), North Newton, emeritus professor of human development at the University of Maryland, and Karen Penner (secretary), retired legal professional from Newton.
Both the annual meeting and the Sunday-Afternoon-at-the- Museum event are free and open to the public.
The Kauffman Museum is located at 27th and North Main in North Newton.
www.bethelks.edu /news/archives/001260.php   (191 words)

  
 Roman Open Air Museum Hechingen-Stein - The Villa
It was this Society that suggested reconstructing part of the buildings, thereby creating a model of original size.
After years of planning and with the authoritative assistance of the Landesdenkmalamt (Bureau for the Preservation of State Monuments) in Tuebingen the southeast corner risalit, part of the attached colonnade on the north side and about one third of the porticus were reconstructed between 1985 and 1991.
Nevertheless, it remains certain that a reconstruction of this kind affords lay people an insight to the history of the times.
www.villa-rustica.de /villa/index02e.html   (247 words)

  
 Museum Island : Pergamon Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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The island received its name for several internationally renowned museums that are now occupying all of the island's northern half (originally a residential area dedicated to "art and science" by King IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV of Prussia in 1841).
The oldest museum building in Berlin, it was here where III of Prussia">Frederick William III first made the Antikensammlung, the Prussian collection of antiques, available to the public.
www.termsdefined.net /pe/pergamon-museum.html   (730 words)

  
 River Road African American Museum - Donaldsonville, Louisiana
The River Road African American Museum, located in the historic district of Donaldsonville, Louisiana is the premier facilitiy in the South to focus on the history and heritage of
Visit the museum or purchase Our Roots Run Deep to learn more about Dr. Feaster Dean, Dr. Watkins, Dr. Brazier, and Thelma Wakefield, each born one generation out of slavery, becoming prominent citizens in the rural communities along the Mississippi River.
The museum provides leadership in the presentation of issues relevant to South Louisiana's "Plantation Country." More importantly the museum serves as an international resource for genealogical research.
www.africanamericanmuseum.org /exhibits.html   (1526 words)

  
 Exhibits
The Center’s most ambitious exhibit is the Joppa Wharf transportation museum.
The reconstruction of the 19th century steamboat wharf was completed in late 2003.
The museum is open April 1 - October 31.
www.riverheritage.org /education/html/exhibits.html   (100 words)

  
 Museum and Study Centre of the Greek Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
he Museum was founded in 1938 by the historian of the Greek Theatre, Yiannis Sideris.
In the Museum's rooms are exhibited memorabilia of theatrical life, stage costumes and props, photographs, models of stage settings, personal belongings of leading figures of the theatre, as well as posters and programmes.
Interior of the Museum with a reconstruction of the dressing-rooms of the actresses Marika Kotopouli, Elli Lambeti and Katina Paxinou.
www.culture.gr /4/42/422/42202/42202o/e42202o1.html   (126 words)

  
 Museums of Burlington - Joseph Brant Museum
The museum is a reconstruction of the home of one of Canada's colourful heroes, Captain Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea).
In 1798 the Mohawk Leader was granted 3,450 acres on Burlington Bay by King George III for his services to the Crown during the Seven Years War and the American Revolution.
The museum was built in 1937/38 and opened its doors in June, 1942 as a one-room exhibit gallery.
www.museumsofburlington.com /JBMuseum/JBMuseum.html   (110 words)

  
 Mathaengelsk
The house was separated and moved to Glud Museum for reconstruction.
Glud Museum has no houses representing the mixed economy of farming and earning money or other kind of income from the trade.
It is our intention to reconstruct it with home and barn in the same house.
www.gludmuseum.dk /Mathaengelsk.htm   (198 words)

  
 Museum Microscope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The beauty and precision of its all-brass construction revealed Bill's multi-faceted talents in the mechanical and microscopical arts as well as his imaginative and original design approach.
These instruments were originally designed to simplify the observation of prepared microscopic samples by groups of students, or visitors to museums.
One of the best known, now residing in the British Science Museum, was designed and made by Thomas Winter of London, around 1835.
www.arco-iris.com /George/microscopes/davies.htm   (255 words)

  
 Dino Land Travels Database Field Museum: Iguanadon Reconstruction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This small, 1.5 foot, reconstruction of Gideon Mantell's Iguanadon lies near the rear of the Field's dinosaur hall, near the full-sized mount of Parasaurolophus.
Longing to know what it was, he compared his specimen to several living animals in museums and zoos, and noticed that his tooth bore an unstriking resemblance to the teeth of a modern day Iguana, but only larger.
Mantell's mistake was explainable, however, as his Iguanadon specimen was extremely fragmented and not articulated.
www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/8152/fieldoldiguanadon.html   (230 words)

  
 The State Russian Museum. museum.
It was handed over to the State Russian Museum in 1991.
On the completion of restoration the permanent exposition of Russian art from the Russian Museum collection will be opened in its halls.
After the apartment house No 19 on the Nevsky prospect that originally belonged to the Stroganov family, was given to the museum it became possible to extend the exhibition halls and office rooms of the Stroganov Palace.
www.rusmuseum.ru /eng/museum/projects/development/full_programm/41/5.html   (168 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Whilst the museum is not huge, it has a fascinating and well displayed collection of Roman artefacts; particularly gemstones collected primarily from the Baths area.
One of the highlights of this part of the trip was the opportunity to view the museum's reconstruction of the Barracks' accommodation, which, after trying to visualise the conditions from the floor plan, was a fascinating glimpse into the Roman soldier's world.
A museum guide took us to the exhibit, and described how the men would have lived, the storage facilities for their belongings, and suggested that we consider what conditions might have been like.
www.cymru9.fsnet.co.uk /page10.html   (1552 words)

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