Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-25
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks Wuh Thinking Philadelphans Subjects They
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the value Of great museum to q community.
Its one idea is that of service. and if a
museum is not an educational force I'm n
community, then it is Of no use.
Learning Through Pictures
9Th" idea of using the proper settings
for art objects is pretty much the same as
learning through pictures. For instance,
tax" the subject of bottles of various kinds,
belonging to the same general period. II
these are exhibited with the tablecloths,
chnirs and other settings with which they
were originally used. the person seeing them
gets an entirely different and far more cor
rect idea OF th" bottles than he possibly
could If exhibited by themselves We are
all like children who like to learn through
pictures, which make living picture of n
dead thing.
"lt was to study this matter Of settings
that went to Germany. Another thing was
that l'r. Srhmitz has Just moved the big
museum to the late Kuiscr's palace. 1t
took Il year to do this moving. This will
be OF interest to Philadelphia. because they
Will thus be given n rcalZati ion of what It
vii! moan here when we move the Pcnnsyl-
vanin Museum from Memorial Hall TO the
new building on the Parkway.
''ln moving the Berlin Museum they had
one distinct advantage, for they were able
T." p!nr" the exhibits Of the applied arts
in rooms already tHp"s rcd and they also
"''' "p'' " Put 'ilc ciSeS OF Sln$S IN places
Whrrr th"rc was some connection between the
exhibits and their surroundings. The Ber-
I'm Muscum IL SO large that It is never
open all at once, because of the lack of at
trndaniM. One day certain rooms will be
opeh' the next day other rooms, and 50 on.
Our Own Museum
eve want to make the PENNSYLVANIA Mu-
scum one of the great museums of the
world. and W" are now making Il series of
changes and preparing for moving into the
new Parkway building. We are over.
crowded in Memorial Hall, but there will
b" much Spac" in III" new building, and
th"r" Will be an immense amount of space
in the StOr"roUmS there.
"All the foundation space will ho storo
rooms, and this is an exceedingly valuable
feature Of the new quarters. Annie stor-
age room allows Il rotation of exhibits In
the same setting and not all of the finest
specimens need be placed on exhibition ut
the same time.
But n lnrg" amount of Storage room also
Is OF great value in taking care of s,ud,nts
and We intend 10 have our rooms in ,,,rh
shape rs TO be- nvaiIabI" for their use, If n
student Is studying carved wooden Nodnu.
mas, for example, h" wants to sec them Lv
III" dozen, and II large Ntorcroom is ,h,.
only plar" Wher" h" can study them in
| large numbers. If our plans work On, -.
"" hope, III" students will be taken to thcm
and allowed to study the specimens there.
''Thr American museums hoyo ON, foo,,,.,
| in which they lead all tn" world, and his il
in the art of Lighting The vast maiority nf
| the museums abroad depend upon ,luviiyht
coming in through the windows for tErir
llght' Dut IN the museums Of this country.
such as III" Albright and many uf.thn uihor.
! artificial lighting has been brought to n very
! high point Of efficiency, and here the Amcri /,
can museums have no rivals"