Museum Work and Collections in Museology

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What are the main elements upon which the work of museums is built?

  • Objects, human element, and collections (correct)
  • Archaeological records, religious items, and curiosities
  • Artifacts, historical records, and natural curiosities
  • Collections, staff, and materiality

Despite its classical origin, what evidence does not support the development of the museum as it is known today?

  • The word museum (correct)
  • Votive offerings in temples
  • Historical records
  • Archaeological records

In the Greek and Roman empires, what was housed in temples, sometimes in specially built treasuries?

  • Works of art and natural curiosities
  • Exotic items from farflung parts
  • Ancient artifacts and historical records
  • Votive offerings (correct)

What closely resembles the concept of a museum from the Ancient times?

<p>Greek Pinacotheca on the Acropolis at Athens (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the collections undertaken worldwide by groups and individuals include?

<p>Items with religious, magical, economic, or historical value, and curiosities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was normally open to the public in the Greek and Roman empires?

<p>Votive offerings housed in treasuries (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the first corporate body to receive a private collection and make it publicly available?

<p>University of Oxford (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who made the gift that led to the establishment of the Ashmolean Museum?

<p>Elias Ashmole (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was the British Museum in London opened?

<p>1759 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who exhibited a selection of paintings at the Luxembourg Palace in 1750?

<p>Louis XV (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which collection mainly consisted of manuscripts and is now housed in a separate building known as the British Library?

<p>Cotton and Harley collections (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

On what condition did Elias Ashmole make the gift to the University of Oxford?

<p>A place must be built to house the collection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What led to arrangements for more of the royal collection to be displayed for the public in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre palace?

<p>Public pressure in France (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what century did the Shang Dynasty rule China?

<p>16th-11th century BCE (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one significant purpose that brought a different meaning to collecting over time?

<p>A developing spirit of inquiry (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what year was public access to the British Museum free of charge from the outset?

<p>1759 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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