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Museum 101: How Are Exhibitions Made?

AL COS Standards
Arts Education: Kindergarten 8. Explain the purpose of a portfolio or collection, while identifying places where art may be displayed or preserved. Examples: Art publications and/or museums via the Internet. 9. Explain what an art museum is and distinguish how it is different from other public buildings. 1st Grade 8. Discuss where, when, why, and how artwork should be presented or preserved. 9. Identify the roles and responsibilities of people at museums and other art venues. 2nd Grade 8. Explore a variety of ways to prepare artwork for presentation. 9. Discuss how art exhibited inside and outside of schools contributes to communities. 3rd Grade 8. Discuss exhibit space and prepare works of art for presentation. 9. Identify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and history through Art. 4th Grade 8. Discuss various locations for presenting and preserving art, in both indoor and outdoor settings, and in temporary or permanent and physical or digital formats. 9. Compare and contrast purposes of museums, galleries, and other art venues, as well as the types of personal experiences they provide 5th Grade 9. Explore how an exhibition in a museum or other venue presents ideas and provides information about a specific concept or topic. 6th Grade 9. Explain and evaluate how museums or other venues communicate the history and values of a community 7th Grade 9. Compare and contrast collections and exhibitions in different venues. 8th Grade 9. Working in a group, discuss why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences. 9th Grade 9. Describe appropriate venues for presentation of work, based on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understanding. 10th Grade 9. Analyze and explain appropriate venues for presentation of work based on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings. 11th Grade 9. Create, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and/or political history. 12th Grade 9. Curate a collection of objects, artifacts, or artwork to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and/or political experiences.
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This is a graphic image of a floating blue robot with question marks above its head. The phrase "how are exhibitions made" is written on the screen in all caps yellow letters.

🙋🏽How are exhibitions made? This brief video introduces the four main stages of putting together an art exhibition at the BMA. It uses the BMA’s popular exhibition Expanding Darshan: Manjari Sharma, To See and Be Seen as an example.

This video is also a companion to the BMA’s lesson plan and digital exhibition planning project, Curate Our Collection. Check out the Related Resources section below to access the lesson plan.

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