Week 6

Part 1:

The name of the Museum chose is, the Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf. I chose this Museum because it was interesting. The Wax Museum contains many different exhibitions. It contains: History, hall of Religion, Palace of Living arts, King Tut, Chamber of horrors, and Sports and Entertainment. The Humanitarian Figures are: Alber Schweitzer, Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela. I the Axix gangs there were: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hedeki Tojo. Under World War II they have: Charles De Gaulle, Franklin D. Roosevelt,General Douglas MacArthur, Harry S. Truman, and Sir Winston Churchill. Under Dictators they only have two, Fidel Castro and Napoleon Bonaparte. For Royalty they have: Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, and Queen Elizabeth II. The Vixens were: Jezebel, Lucrezia Borgia, Marie Antoinette, Mata Hari, and Salome. The scientists were: Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin,
Galileo Galilei, Sigmund Freud, Sir Isaac Newton. And the Artists are: Andy Warhol,
Artists Models, Enrico Caruso, Ernest Hemingway, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, James McNeill Whistler, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Mark Twain, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Salvador Dali, William Shakespeare, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The World Leaders are: Emperor Hirohito, John Major, Mao Tse-Tung, Nikita Khrushchev, Vicente Fox, Vladimir Putin, and Yasser Arafat. Under Great Conflict they have: Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant. And Under Presidential library they display: Andrew Jackson, George Bush, George Washington, Gerald Ford, Herbert Hoover, Jacqueline Kennedy, James Carter, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and William Clinton.


Background Websites:

http://www.waxmuseum.com/about_us

http://www.waxmuseum.com/exhibits?exhibit_id=1

http://www.youtube.com/sfwaxmuseum

http://www.waxmuseum.com/

http://www.waxmuseum.com/events


I learned that Creating a display in the Wax Museum requires a team of artisans, working in concert. The "star" of the team is the Sculptor, who must posses an artist's critical eye and steady hand, an inventor's imagination and patience, plus a variety of handyman skills. The Sculptor begins this painstaking project armed with photographs and actual measurements of the subject and a common lump of clay. Employing his unique talent for capturing the look and feel of life, a perfectly proportioned likeness begins to emerge. A special needle is used for the tedious, time consuming job of inserting the human hair---one strand at a time., including eye brows, lashes and any facial hair that is required. Each wax figure is estimated between $10,000 to $25,000, depending on the complexity, characteristics and research material available on the subject. Some celebrities actually donate their clothes for their sculptures to wear.

One specific work that attracted me was the King Tutankhamen wax figure. This is an exhibition that takes place together with Queen Ankhesenamen, Boy King, High Priest, Howard Carter, and Lord Carnarvon. This exhibition is interesting to me because nothing can be more intriguing than the Pharaoh's life and the secrets they hid for centuries.


Part 2:

1)Antonio- I learned that there is an exhibition of King Tut. At the De Young Museum in San Francisco. The exhibition will remain there from June 27, 2009 through March 28, 2010. It contains 50 burial objects found in his burial site.

2)Valerie- I learned that the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is a main focus for traveling exhibitions, and is one of the few places in the US to hold exhibits such as the Samurai exhibit due to its outstanding reputation.

3)Tamika- I learned about the laces and that there aren't that many museums about laces. All the workers are volunteers. And I like her pictures of the Battenberg Lace.

4)Stephen- I learned that Current exhibitions at Autry National Center of The American West include Sparkle and Twang, an exhibit promoted by country singer Marty Stuart and his personal experiences with many famous country, bluegrass, and folk singers, that features art, instruments, outfits, and music notes that were collections of famous artists like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

5)Sophia- I learned that The museum of Latin American Art has a permanent collection of over 800 pieces which occupies half of the gallery, presenting artists from all over the continent.

6)Raquel- I learned that Raquel chose the same Museum as Antonio and that just like him she thought that, "maybe the most exciting exhibit is "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of Pharaohs." And I agree with them, cant wait to go there!

7)Michael- I learned that The exploratorium was one of the first museums to build a website, and has been online since 1993.

8)Megan- I learned that she liked the picture of the twin towers and that by reading more she found out that it was the reflection of two buildings in an icy puddle.

9)Mario- I learned that there is a National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago , Illinois; and I didn't know there was one. I also learned that its the only Latino Museum accredited by the American Association of Museums. I also learned that Miguel Cordero painted many saint and among them the Virgin of Guadalupe.

10)Laurel- I learned that about Rip rap. Liked the poem. =D