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Whose art hangs in the museum

Arts & Music · Visual Art · ages 15-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. Which task belongs to a curator?

    • Which works are shown and how they are labeled
    • How much each painting would sell for
    • How many tickets are printed daily
  2. Which pair of routes can bring a work into a national museum?

    • Lost wars, bad harvests, floods, quakes
    • A dull press and low turnout once
    • Bought with funds and given as a gift
  3. Old displays missed whole groups partly because critics dismissed their work as craft.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. What is the case museums usually give against sending it back?

    • The museum keeps it safe and open to millions
    • The home country has no airports
    • Old objects always belong abroad
  5. A mask was taken from a temple without consent. What is the case for sending it back?

    • More visitors would see it abroad
    • Its papers prove it was fairly bought
    • It was taken without consent so its home community should decide
  6. A gallery wall shows only European men. What best explains the gap?

    • Nobody else made art in those years
    • Collectors and critics favored one group and skipped the rest
    • Women and others refused to be shown
  7. If a label hides who chose the works, the display is still neutral.

    Circle one:   True   False

  8. Both sides claim one mask. What is the fairest response?

    • Keep it where ticket sales are highest
    • List the strongest point on each side, then judge
    • Ask only the museum director
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  1. Which works are shown and how they are labeled · A curator picks works, writes labels, and plans rooms.
  2. Bought with funds and given as a gift · Museums buy works and receive gifts, among other routes.
  3. True · Critics favored one tradition and skipped the rest.
  4. The museum keeps it safe and open to millions · The keeping case rests on care, study, and public access.
  5. It was taken without consent so its home community should decide · The return case rests on consent and the home community.
  6. Collectors and critics favored one group and skipped the rest · Gatekeepers favored one group, so others went missing.
  7. False · Every hang reflects curator picks, hidden or not.
  8. List the strongest point on each side, then judge · A fair verdict weighs the best point from each side.
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