CULTURAL HOLIDAYS
Do you know these places? What do they have in common? Where is each of them located?
THE LOUVRE- The MoMA- MADAME TUSSAUD’S
They are all__________________________________
The Louvre is in ________________
The MoMA is in _______________
MADAME TUSSAUD’S is in __________________
List the types of museums you know:
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Do you know what a wax museum is?
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Now, read this reference:
A wax museum or waxworks consists of a collection of wax sculptures representing famous people from history
and contemporary personalities exhibited in lifelike poses.
Madame Tussaud’s is a major tourist attraction in London, displaying waxworks of historical and royal figures, film
stars, sports stars, characters and infamous murderers.
Which famous people do you think then are represented in Madame Tuddaud’s? Write their names under the
appropriate column.
historic royalty film sports charact infamou
al stars stars ers s
figures murder
ers
Now check at the museum´s site whether your guesses were right.
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Pages in category "Types of museum"
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The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn
more).
A H cont. P cont.
Artillery museum Hall of Memory Prefectural museum
Aviation museum Heritage centre Private museum
C I R
Cabinet of curiosities Interpretation centre Regimental museum
Ceramics museum J S
Children's museum Jewish Museum Schatzkammer
Collection (museum) L Science center
Computer museum Lapidarium Science fiction libraries and
E museums
List of national museums
Ecomuseum Science museum
List of natural history
Economuseum museums Sex museum
Ethnographic village List of transport museums Museum ship
F Living museum T
Farm museum Local museum Torture museum
Fashion museum M Toy museum
Food museum Maritime museum Transport museum
G Migration museum Design museum
Green museum Musaeum U
H N University museum
Hair museum National museum of ethnology V
Hall of fame O Virtual museum
Open-air museum W
P Wax museum
Postal museum
Archaeology Museums
Best example:- Naples National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy.
Archaeology museums specialize in the display of archaeological artifacts. Objects or the remains of past
cultures are kept in archaeology museums. The Naples National Archaeological Museum is a museum in
Naples, southern Italy, at the northwest corner of the original Greek wall of the city of Neapolis. The
museum contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum. The
collection includes works of the highest quality produced in Greek, Roman and Renaissance times and is
one of the most popular archaeological museum in the world.
Art Museums
Best example:- The Louvre, Paris, France.
An Art museum, also known as an art gallery, is a space for the exhibition of art, usually in the form of
art objects from the visual arts, primarily paintings, illustrations, sculpture, Collections of drawings and
old master prints. There may be collections of applied art, including ceramics, metalwork, furniture,
artist’s books and other types of object. Musée du Louvre is one of the world’s largest museums, the most
visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the
19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres.
History Museums
Best example:- The American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, New York, USA.
History museums cover the knowledge of history and its relevance to the present and future. Some cover
specialized curatorial aspects of history or a particular locality; others are more general. Such museums
contain a wide range of objects, including documents, artifacts of all kinds, art, archaeological objects.
One of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world, American Museum of Natural History is
located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United states. Established in 1869, its
collection contains over 32 million specimens.
Maritime Museums
Best example:- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England, UK.
Maritime museums are museums that specialize in the presentation of maritime history, culture or
archaeology. They explore the relationship between societies and certain bodies of water. These museums
focus on the interpretation and preservation of shipwrecks and other artifacts recovered from a maritime
setting. The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England is the leading maritime museum of the
United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world. It has the world’s largest
maritime historical reference library (100,000 volumes) including books dating back to the 15th century.
Military and War Museums
Best example:-Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Military museums specialize in military histories; they are often organized from a national point of view
and they typically include displays of weapons and other military equipment, uniforms, wartime
propaganda and exhibits on civilian life during wartime, and decorations, among others. The
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum is a military history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It claims to be
the oldest and largest purpose-built military history museum in the world. Its collection includes one of
the world’s largest collections of bronze cannons and focuses on Austrian military history from the 16th
century to 1945.
Natural History Museums
Best example:- Natural History Museum, London, England. UK.
Museums of natural history and natural science typically exhibit work of the natural world. The focus lies
on nature and culture. Exhibitions educate the public on natural history, dinosaurs, zoology,
oceanography, anthropology and more. Evolution, environmental issues, and biodiversity are major areas
in natural science museums. The Natural History Museum, London, is home to life and earth science
specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology,
Mineralogy, Paleontology and Zoology. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur
skeletons.
Science Museums
Best example:- Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Science museums and technology centers revolve around scientific achievements, and marvels and their
history. To explain complicated inventions, a combination of demonstrations, interactive programs and
thought-provoking media are used. The Museum of Science and Industry is located in Chicago, Illinois,
USA in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan. Among its diverse and
expansive exhibits, the Museum features a working coal mine, a German submarine, the first diesel-
powered streamlined stainless-steel passenger train (Pioneer Zephyr), and the Apollo 8 spacecraft which
flew the first humans to the Moon.
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