The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded in 1913, and after many years of planning and construction the museum officially opened in 1916. Industrialists Hinman B. Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley bequeathed money for the construction and to sustain the art museum. The endowment left over one hundred years ago still continues to support the museum today. By examining the mission statement of the museum, we can better determine if the museum delivers on the mission’s promises .
Mission
“The mission of the Cleveland Museum of Art is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world’s most distinguished comprehensive art museums and one of northeastern Ohio’s principal civic and cultural institutions. The museum, established in 1913 ‘for …show more content…
From education to exhibitions the study and care of works ensure further scholarship of a culture or time period. At the Cleveland Museum of Art, the conservation department works in a recently opened 18,000-square-foot suite of state-of-the-art laboratories, and is described as one of the finest spaces in the country for analysis, study, and conservation of museum collections . The department is actively working on eight works.
In 2012 an endowment was given to the conservation department to care for the collection, and to educate and program in the new space. However, neither educational opportunities nor programming have been or currently available. Due to the institution’s commitment to education and scholarship, the museum should provide more opportunities to not drift too much from the mission.
Exhibit
The museum houses a large number of permanent gallery spaces used to tell stories of different cultures or time periods crisscrossing the globe. Other exhibition spaces are for rotating exhibits that highlight a section of the collection. Currently on display are exhibits that focus on American, European, and Southeast Asian art works. The collection itself does not have a focus on South or Central American art works. In return exhibitions of these places are not represented in-depth as American or European topics …show more content…
In the mission it states the collection of world art, however parts of our world with rich cultures and artistic expression, as previously mentioned, South and Central America have not been collected throughout the museum’s one hundred year existence. In the annual report during the last three years $32 million was spent on the acquisition of art object, $17 million of that was spent in one year . Better efforts need to be made because the museum continues to purchase works. The museum is fulfilling and not fulfilling it’s mission by collecting art that is already represented the collection by making it more complete, but purchasing items from cultures that are not represented does not complete the mission of exhibiting and educating visitors about all of the worlds artistic
Mission
“The mission of the Cleveland Museum of Art is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world’s most distinguished comprehensive art museums and one of northeastern Ohio’s principal civic and cultural institutions. The museum, established in 1913 ‘for …show more content…
From education to exhibitions the study and care of works ensure further scholarship of a culture or time period. At the Cleveland Museum of Art, the conservation department works in a recently opened 18,000-square-foot suite of state-of-the-art laboratories, and is described as one of the finest spaces in the country for analysis, study, and conservation of museum collections . The department is actively working on eight works.
In 2012 an endowment was given to the conservation department to care for the collection, and to educate and program in the new space. However, neither educational opportunities nor programming have been or currently available. Due to the institution’s commitment to education and scholarship, the museum should provide more opportunities to not drift too much from the mission.
Exhibit
The museum houses a large number of permanent gallery spaces used to tell stories of different cultures or time periods crisscrossing the globe. Other exhibition spaces are for rotating exhibits that highlight a section of the collection. Currently on display are exhibits that focus on American, European, and Southeast Asian art works. The collection itself does not have a focus on South or Central American art works. In return exhibitions of these places are not represented in-depth as American or European topics …show more content…
In the mission it states the collection of world art, however parts of our world with rich cultures and artistic expression, as previously mentioned, South and Central America have not been collected throughout the museum’s one hundred year existence. In the annual report during the last three years $32 million was spent on the acquisition of art object, $17 million of that was spent in one year . Better efforts need to be made because the museum continues to purchase works. The museum is fulfilling and not fulfilling it’s mission by collecting art that is already represented the collection by making it more complete, but purchasing items from cultures that are not represented does not complete the mission of exhibiting and educating visitors about all of the worlds artistic