Overview
In this assignment you will visit two museum exhibits for an in-person or virtual tour. Every museum exhibit is created by curators to tell a story. A museum exhibit can focus on an event, a time period, a place, or even a person. As you complete the tours, notice how each of the museum exhibits you visit tells a story about a historical topic or event using the artifacts presented.
Directions
Tour two museum exhibits related to a historical topic of your choice. These can be exhibits in two different museums or exhibits within the same museum. You have several options for your tours, and you can combine any of these options:
virtual museum exhibits from the list below
virtual museum tour not on the list
in-person museum tour
Specifically, you must address the following:
Describe the two museum exhibits you selected.
What is the name and location of the museum holding each exhibit?
What is the topic or event represented by each exhibit?
What are some aspects of the exhibits that you found interesting?
Describe the historical context for two specific artifacts from each exhibit.
How is each artifact related to the historical event?
How does the exhibit explain the importance of the artifact?
Summarize how each museum exhibit presents the historical narrative.
What story does the exhibit tell about the historical topic?
How do the artifacts included in the exhibit tell the historical narrative?
Summarize how one of the exhibits shows how elements of the past can relate to events in the present.
What have you learned about the historical topic?
Why do you think this is an important topic for a museum exhibit?
What connections do you see to current issues today?
What to Submit
Submit your short paper as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Be sure to cite the museum exhibits and any other sources you use for this assignment according to APA style.
https://www.amrevmuseum.org/virtual-museum-tour
https://www.apartheidmuseum.org/
