The museum of olive trees and Greek olive oil is a modern thematic museum situated in Sparta, one of the main olive producing locations in Greece. It is the only museum in Greece that features the uses of the olive tree and its products through time. Olive oil is such a humble product and was […]
The Archaeological museum of Sparta is the oldest regional museum of Greece, founded in 1877. Inside there is a representative collection of the antiquities found in the region, some of which are unique, not to be found in other areas of ancient Greece, because of the particular culture of the Spartans. Inside we can see […]
The purpose of modern museums is to collect, preserve, interpret, and display objects of artistic, cultural, or scientific significance for the study and education of the public. From a visitor or community perspective, this purpose can also depend on one’s point of view. A trip to a local history museum or large city art museum can be an entertaining and enlightening way to spend the day. To city leaders, an active museum community can be seen as a gauge of the cultural or economic health of a city, and a way to increase the sophistication of its inhabitants. To a museum professional, a museum might be seen as a way to educate the public about the museum’s mission, such as civil rights or environmentalism. Museums are, above all, storehouses of knowledge. In 1829, James Smithson’s bequest, that would fund the Smithsonian Institution, stated he wanted to establish an institution “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge”. museum guide site history
Museums of natural history in the late 19th century exemplified the scientific desire for classification and for interpretations of the world. Gathering all examples for each field of knowledge for research and display was the purpose. As American colleges grew in the 19th century, they developed their own natural history collections for the use of their students. By the last quarter of the 19th century, scientific research in universities was shifting toward biological research on a cellular level, and cutting-edge research moved from museums to university laboratories.
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