It's my first time as an intern in the Erie Art Museum (EAM) and everything is fresh and unfamilar to me.
I think EAM is a so special art museum, not traditional one. As a public institution, EAM plays a variety of roles. Aside from the educational role, it also has a connection with the refugee in Erie and works to conserve folk art and music. It really impresses me so deeply. How can an art museum do things like that? They broaden their original ways and create new possibilities. I don’t know whether or not this situation is typical in the US or if this situation is really good for art museum or not (maybe it will make art museum same as other social institution or something? ) However, it really makes a great possibility.
Another reasons why EAM makes a lot efforts to broaden its own roles may be the budget problem. The museum rents its space to other shops: Glass Grower’s gallery and a yoga studio. This phenomena make me think about whether or not money is important for the art museum. Even though EAM doesn’t have enough budget on the basic side of museology, but it creates a lot activities on another side, like organizing the Jazz and Blue festival and inviting musicians to play in front of musuems. Is money really important for museum? Yes, it is, but it may have another way without money.
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