Making It to the Museum Museums play a big role in deciding which art is valuable and important. While there are many ways to collect art, museums have the benefit of making it available to the public. This means that museums must very carefully consider the pieces that they include and display. Sometimes museums work with others to share their collections and will host a special exhibit of another museum’s collection.

Using the Internet, do some research on how museums choose what to exhibit. Of course, there are many different kinds of museums, so for this assignment, the focus should be on art museums. You can look at a museum’s decision to get a particular piece of art, create a special exhibition, or display an existing collection. You will use the presentation software of your choice (like PowerPoint) to create a presentation showing the history of this piece or exhibition. Your presentation should include:

The significance (importance) of the piece of art/exhibition

How the museum actually got the piece of art/exhibition

Who made the decision to get the piece of art/exhibition?

How the piece of art/exhibition represents what the museum is all about

The cost of the piece/exhibition

Any challenges that there were in getting the piece/exhibition

Factors that needed to be considered when designing the display

At least one image of the piece of art or the exhibition

Make sure that your presentation is well organized and free of mechanical errors in spelling and punctuation.