{"id":262,"date":"2020-04-20T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/?p=262"},"modified":"2020-04-20T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:20:12","slug":"make-a-museum-from-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/2020\/04\/20\/make-a-museum-from-home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Museum from Home!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-258\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d1-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d1-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d1-48x60.jpg 48w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how our staff members used this prompt from <a href=\"https:\/\/lucicreative.com\/future-exhibit-designers-5-fun-at-home-make-a-museum-activities-for-kids\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>Luci Creative<\/em><\/span><\/a> to\u00a0make an at-home exhibition with his son! Collections Manager, James Bowman offers his thoughts on the project:<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s an <span class=\"markzphn4tvq7\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">exhibition<\/span> designer\/registrar to do when he is separated from his collection, can\u2019t work in galleries on his next show, but is responsible for the education and child care of his six year old son? You make an <span class=\"markzphn4tvq7\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">exhibition<\/span> at home.\u00a0 The designers at Luci Creative, a global <span class=\"markzphn4tvq7\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">exhibition<\/span> design company, provided ideas and templates on how to make your own home projects, like an exhibit box case. My son Dash and I decided to give it a try.\u00a0 All you need is a cereal box, scissors, a pencil, a ruler, a little tape, and the light from your cell phone.\u00a0 The end product is perfect for small items like matchbox cars, miniatures, or your little sculptures.\u00a0 Make a few and stage your own show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-267\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d2-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d2-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d2-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d2-48x60.jpg 48w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-268\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d3-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d3-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d3-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d3-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d3-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d3-48x60.jpg 48w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Caught in the spirit of displaying his works, Dash took the idea of making a personal <span class=\"markzphn4tvq7\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">exhibition<\/span>outside and put together a shelf of curiosities. Much like the cabinet of curiosities from the 19th century, your kids can make shelf arrangements with the various toys and items of interest they find.\u00a0 My kindergartener liked to sorting the objects, counting the number of each type, and then placing them in specific patterns.\u00a0 If your kids are like mine, take a picture and don\u2019t try to move anything.\u00a0 Show them some images from your favorite museums and see if they understand the installation of an <span class=\"markzphn4tvq7\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">exhibition<\/span> in a new way.\u00a0 If they like the activity enough, you can achieve a good room cleaning while enhancing their appreciation of art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-269\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d4-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d4-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d4-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d4-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d4-115x60.jpg 115w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/files\/2020\/04\/d4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how our staff members used this prompt from Luci Creative to\u00a0make an at-home exhibition with his son! Collections Manager, James Bowman offers his thoughts on the project: What\u2019s an exhibition designer\/registrar to do when he is separated from his collection, can\u2019t work in galleries on his next show, but is responsible for the education &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4322,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[302866],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/trouttalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}