WEEK 31 DAY 2

TRUE OR FALSE????

• The Museum of Death is a real museum
• The Parasite Museum in Tokyo exhibits 300 types of parasite
• There are theories and schools dedicated to the art of museum curation.

ANSWERS

• True: the museum of death in Hollywood includes a head severed by the guillotine in France.
• True: there's even a 300 foot long tapeworm!
• True: you can study museology in college!

Today's objective: create Wunderkammers in Keynote or PowerPoint slides.
WunderSlides.

TASK #1: PREP

• Open a pages document
• Label it: 7(_).Lastname.Firstname.WunderSlides
• Put both hands flat on your desk. First pod to finish is granted 2 points.
• You have three minutes!

TASK #2: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

• What is a museum? Why is it valuable?
• What is a "curated collection"?
• What is a Wunderkammer?
• What is Conservation? How are objects conserved? How are ideas conserved?
• Find a photo of a famous Wunderkammer. Where is/was it? Who created it? What's in it?
• Find a photo of a famous Museum. Where is it? What's in it?

TASK #3: COMPLETE THE TASK

• What is the official name of your Mexican Museum?
• When was it founded?
• What era in history or particular collection does it exhibit?
• Go online and research the contents of your museum. Choose one famous piece from a collection in it. What idea does this piece help preserve?

TASK #4: PLAN

• In your Pages Doc, add a second section. Label it WunderMe
• List and describe in exquisite detail three to five curious tangible objects of yours that you would like to preserve in your theoretical WunderKammer
• Do the same for three to five intangible things of yours you'd like to preserve (This one is tricky! Think about your intellectual knowledge, like a language, or your emotional characteristics, like equanimity).

TASK #5: EXECUTE!

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