mardi 28 janvier 2014

The Role Played By Museum Cabinets

By Eliza Mendoza


Museum Cabinets are some form of lockers hat contain a number of shelves . What makes them special are the items that are placed in them. It is in these lockers where historic items are placed. These historic items must have significance to the people owning the locker. Examples of historic items could be past documents, old books or even valuable items that need to be preserved.

These lockers could ether be government owned or private owned. Private owned are those that are found in homes of individuals as opposed to government owned which are fund in national buildings. There are a number of reasons that have made the government to come up with these facilities in their buildings.The government constructs them for the purpose of educating the citizens . The citizens could range from aspiring historians to students in schools. Students may require these items fund in the national closets for the purpose of practicability of their course.

The individual may want to preserve their items there. Such locker may contain important books. The person may want to pass these items to other people. A good example is where a parent preserves certain books and wants to pass them to their children in future. Hence, if they act as areas where items could be conserved for a future purpose.

Governments may need to put their important historic documents in these boxes. Examples of such documents are the constitution, the first national newspapers and treaties they have signed with other governments. These documents are vital in the political and social growth of a country. The initial constitution could be referred from time to time for the purpose of maintaining their missions and visions.

These presses are used to conserve newly acquired or discovered items. These could be fossils that have been recently been excavated or found. These fossils are placed in these lockers and a continuous study is done on them. Documentation is done on any information they find. A copy of this documentation is left in the lockers for future reference.

These lockers may be divided into compartments . One large press may contain three or four compartments.However; the items placed should be related. One closet could be used to show the various varieties of birds that could be found in the country.

Every closet whether it is for the government or for an individual must be maintained well. There are a number of guidelines on how to maintain these boxes. They should be clean and well light. Despite these boxes having items that are very old, they need to be dusted from time to time. They should also be dry. Water could destroy artifacts or even publications that may be found in these lockers.

Museum Cabinets play a major role of accommodating the past which is dear to us. The items there help to remind us of our cultures and traditions. They help us to remember where we have come from and where we are headed to.




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