Gkresia Nikolaidi

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Gallery Visit Reflection

When we think of a museum, we may imagine a vast organization that accumulates

historical items that may or may not be of fascination to us, depending on our interests.
This is a misconception since different sorts of museum exhibit various artworks, such as
large and tiny sculptures. Colors can be bright or neutral, moreover, the presence of light
and location can change as well. In London, there are around 150 museums with free
entrance for the general public to visit and be enlightened. Did you realize you could assist
a museum online? What if, for example, we are interested in a particular exhibition that is
currently on display in another region of the world? Even if we believe there is no way to
attend the exhibition, there are numerous online galleries where we may take a virtual tour
and experience what they must share for free. On the website of the "British Museum," for
example. We can see many of the past, present, or prior exhibitions here, and we may also
do a current tour in our own time, looking at all the exhibits they have displayed.

This is made in this form, and real museums are also designed in this way for a
variety of reasons. One of these advantages is that when we provide a free service, we
enable a larger public to use it regardless of their financial situation. Perhaps you will not
get the opportunity to visit the exhibitions since you do not have enough income to go
inside and see them. On the other side, this is a way used to promote lesser-known art so
that everyone can identify it and motivate artists to make art and address possible messages.
The museum relies on excellent illumination and a good arrangement of space between the
exhibits; the negative space is often portrayed in brilliant, solid colors that showcase the
artwork itself as well as any historical explanation or background helping the viewer
understand that piece is and the context in a wider depth that the one, we may already have
as a reference. This may not seem significant and may appear easy, but it is highly difficult
since, without this descriptive labeling and arrangement, we may not grasp what the object
is and it may lose relevance; hence, these works are displayed with the assistance of a
curator.

The pieces are displayed in distinct parts, allowing the visitor to focus on the
key topics of the visit they are viewing, even though these pieces may have a similar
relationship no matter where they are presented in the exhibition. This museum showcases
various artifacts over its five massive floors and over a thousand rooms. The museum is
arranged and classified according to them the piece, its chronological order, and piece
relevance according to materials and findings. This not only keeps the viewer interested
since the same piece may be repeated in a variety of ways, but it also allows us to see them
in their many exhibitions, by which I mean their various phases and a focus on them, so our
bits of information can be deeper, and we can learn better. This also contributes to the
place's didactic nature; as it grows, it becomes more like an open book we are more
inclined to appreciate while browsing through its pages.

Another museum I had the pleasure of seeing in Panama is the Museo de Arte
Contemporaneo. This was a fantastic experience for me because I got to witness life-size
animal models with authentic textures and details. I might remark that there are numerous
parallels and contrasts between the two museums I visited. The variety of exhibitions in the
museum, for example, in the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, we were to see things in
chronological order and what they were, such as the types of rocks that cannot be
manipulated by viewers but can be examined through a magnifying glass to investigate
their textures and rhythms. Another similarity I can see between these two museums is that
they conserve the items in a decent, loving manner and have numerous regulations in place
to keep the pieces as secure as possible. The contrasts between these include more than
simply the fact that one exhibition is online and the other is only available in person;
another difference is that the online visit is free, whilst the other museum requires a price to
access. Another difference I can observe is that the "Museo Contemporaneo" has many
living things, such as fish, whereas the other museum's current exhibition does not; the
pieces are generally looking at fossils and other things that have lived at some point in their
lives but have since did die and become history.

In conclusion, I may highlight how I really enjoyed both museums because they
both had many things that caught my attention, and I may say this is a new place I was able
to visit at 19 years old. My experience was unique not just because I was able to learn about
the flora and wildlife of the nations in which I currently reside. But I was also able to reach
out and learn about some historical antiquities, which I was able to accomplish with my
family. We went to the museum here together and had a great time, and the virtual museum
was the same way. We all took the trip together because we had no idea there were virtual
museums, and we were all heavily impacted. It was a wonderful experience. After seeing
many of the art pieces and exhibitions, I may look at the world with more sensitivity now
that I am aware of the components that combine to produce the ordinary objects we see
everywhere nowadays, such as bridges. Finally, I'd want to emphasize how much I
appreciated both museums since they leave you speechless and provides you with various
ways to look at you and see how much you must appreciate.