For College Faculty
Curriculum-Structured Museum Sessions
The Museum staff will help you develop
curriculum-structured gallery sessions for your classes. In
addition to working with art and art history classes, we've
explored an interesting array of topics with classes in
many other disciplines. The presentation of women in literature
and art was the subject for a Freshman Writing Seminar in
the English Department. Students in Spanish 311 explored
connections among art, literature, and history using Goya,
Picasso, and Dali prints, and the Pre-Columbian collection.
A Pop Art exhibition served as a springboard for discussing
the power of media and advertising in our consumer culture
with Communications classes. The Women and the Law Clinic
viewed the photographs of Sally Mann and explored legal
issues related to her work and the often ambiguous nature
of interpretation. English as a Second Language classes
considered representations of beauty in Western and Eastern
cultures, and how our perceptions of what is beautiful change
over time. Modern Language classes tour the galleries in
Spanish, French, Dutch, and Japanese, improving their speaking
and listening skills while learning about other cultures.
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may prefer to work with your classes in the Museum on your
own, either in the exhibition and permanent collection galleries,
or in special sessions in our study gallery. If you'd like
to delve into areas of the collection not on display, we can,
with advance notice, pull selected works from storage for
study gallery sessions. In this way, German classes were able
to view works by German Expressionist artists and write papers
following their class discussion. Similarly, students in History
studied works by Reginald Marsh, and Professor Stan O'Connor's
classes examined ceramics, devotional objects, and prints
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Course-Related
Exhibitions |
Course-related
exhibitions can also be considered with ample advance planning.
"The
Power of Women" and "African Art from Cornell
Collections" were two shows organized for
Art History and Africana Studies classes, following themes
examined in the course syllabus. If you have ideas for exhibitions
that would enhance the courses taught in your academic area,
we are interested in hearing about them. (Please keep in
mind that we need to know at least a year in advance for
these study shows.) |
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How
to Arrange a Museum Session for Your Class |
If
you are interested in setting up or discussing an idea for
a class visit, contact Cathy Rosa Klimaszewski, Ames Assistant
Director for Education at 254-4627 or by e-mail at crk7@cornell.edu.
Please remember that we need time to plan, and the schedule
fills up quickly. Requests are filled on a first-come, first-served
basis.
See
you at the Museum! |
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How
Much Does This Service Cost?
Museum sessions are free to Cornell classes.
When
Are You Open?
Museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday 10-5; closed Mondays.
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Sampling of Cornell classes using the Museum
Architecture
690: Seminar in American Architecture: New Women in New York
Art 214: Art and the Multicultureal Experience
French Literature 454: Montaigne
Art 231: Advanced Intaglio Printing
History 284: Southeast Asia in the the World System
Africana Studies 310: African Art in African Culture and Society
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 107: How the Earth Works
History 293: Chinese History to Modern Times
Natural Resources 100: Principles of Conservation
Asian Studies 358: Chinese Buddhism
Rural Sociology 100: Indian America to 1890
Africana Studies 171: The Black Family
Policy Analysis and Management 454: Contemporary Issues in Human
Sexuality: Women's Health
Art History 270: Mapping America
Asian Studies 347: Tantric Traditions
Spanish 218: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Fiber Science & Apparel Design 114: Introduction to Computer-Aided Design
Italian 203: Intermediate Composition and Conversation
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