For an interview with Paul Haner, SLAM's painting conservator, and images of the restoration, see "A Steampunk Movie at the St. Louis Art Museum". Images of the of the 25-scene panorama can also be viewed online in the Saint Louis Art Museum Collections, Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley.
In addition to the museum images, the app can be personalized for the user in a My Memories section where that person's own photos can be added.
SOME large American museums, and an increasing number of smaller ones, offer domestic and international trips — with Cuba currently all the rage — that enliven the museums' images and at the same time help increase membership and raise money.
Is the museum an image supplier?
Rock bands playing in the Cour Napoléon, the large space between the two wings of the Louvre, would "rejuvenate" the museum's image, management said.
I remember feeling a similar fascination at a mundane thing made big when I saw the giant safety pin sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen at SF's de Young museum (second image below).
"If 90percentt of the images you see when you come to the museum are images of white people and figures, you think that's what you're supposed to see," he said.
An original planning application submitted for the museum featured images of Suffragettes, promising to tell the story of east London's women over the past 150 years.
Dandong's small "railroad museum" displayed images, quotes and photos from the Korean War – better known as "War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea" in China.
Working with the architect Yves Roger, each participant will experiment with different materials to create a skyscraper design, using vintage film and the museum's images and models as inspiration.
