what is the difference between a museum and an archive
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museum is an institution that collects objects, conserves them, displays them and interprets them. The American Alliance of Museums (see American Alliance of Museums). Museums can specialize in pretty much anything—art, animals (zoos), science and scientific specimens, historic items. A gallery in the context of a museum is a space dedicated to the display of those objects. There are also commercial galleries. Essentially, these are similarly spaces (rooms) for the display (and sale) of art objects or other items. A commercial gallery is a business and its goals are profit-focused. An archive is a collections of books, items and ephemera. In this sense, an archive is more like a library. Museums often have archives (and libraries) that support and/or are part of their collections. Commercial galleries can have archives in which they keep records on their artists, exhibitions, sales and other such things.
All of these structures are related. Think of the Smithsonian Institution which is a museum, includes galleries, and boasts massive archives. The same could be said for the Library of Congress. It is a library and this focused on books, but it is a repository for an extraordinary range of documents, ephemera and objects. For instance, one might go to the LoC to examine photographs produced under the aegis of the Farm Security Administration during the 1930s.
museum is an institution that collects objects, conserves them, displays them and interprets them. The American Alliance of Museums (see American Alliance of Museums). Museums can specialize in pretty much anything—art, animals (zoos), science and scientific specimens, historic items. A gallery in the context of a museum is a space dedicated to the display of those objects. There are also commercial galleries. Essentially, these are similarly spaces (rooms) for the display (and sale) of art objects or other items. A commercial gallery is a business and its goals are profit-focused. An archive is a collections of books, items and ephemera. In this sense, an archive is more like a library. Museums often have archives (and libraries) that support and/or are part of their collections. Commercial galleries can have archives in which they keep records on their artists, exhibitions, sales and other such things.
All of these structures are related. Think of the Smithsonian Institution which is a museum, includes galleries, and boasts massive archives. The same could be said for the Library of Congress. It is a library and this focused on books, but it is a repository for an extraordinary range of documents, ephemera and objects. For instance, one might go to the LoC to examine photographs produced under the aegis of the Farm Security Administration during the 1930s.
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