Mackenzie Finklea Biography & Quotes

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“Many people seem to think that museums are obsolete now that we have the internet, but the reality is, museums are so critical to the preservation of human culture.”

Art Culture Internet Human Museums Preservation Anthropology

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“There is nothing like seeing the splendor of human creativity at work from museum architecture all the way down in scale to the tiniest of objects.”

Art Creativity History Human Museums

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“In a world progressively becoming more digital, it's important to remember where we've been as we continue moving forward. How do we do that best? With museums.”

Institutions Digital Progressive Museums

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“History is everything that's already happened, right up to the moment you read these words. That's a lot to tackle for one museum, but not to worry, there are hundreds.”

Reading History Museums Human History Anthropology

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“Often, the story of an artifact’s journey is more remarkable than the object itself.”

Stories Journey Travel Museums Collecting Artifact Provenance

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“Technology continues to be used to change the way we experience museums and the ways we learn and absorb information.”

Technology Information Experience Digital Museums

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“When you make changes to preserve something, whether an artifact or an entire building, you risk altering the object and it’s history. However, if you don’t, you risk losing it entirely.”

History Architecture Museums Preservation Duality Catch 22 Double Edged Sword

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“Museums are preserving the past and propelling us into the future.”

History Future Institutions Museums Preservation

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“Museums preserve global and human history in a concrete way: they house the real thing.”

Art History Institutions Museums Preservation Of Knowledge

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“At the end of the day, the most valuable things are not things, they are experiences, and museums foster experiences through things.”

Experience Collections Materialism Museums

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“Though science and art are at odds with one another—competing for academic attention—they work beautifully together in the world of museums.”

Art Science Institutions Museums Academia Collaborate Cooperate Interdisciplinaryciplinary

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“For better or worse, come flood, famine, or the collapse of society, we cling to our history for a sense of identity and that which makes us human.”

Humanity Culture Society Identity Heritage Anthropology

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“Something that is decisively worth preserving to a community must be an essential part of a collective history, identity, or narrative.”

History Identity Narrative Heritage Preservation Anthropology Preserving

Book:Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

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