Museum Project - Instructor Adams style

Recently, I had an epiphany. Since I can't concentrate on the lesson plans that I should be preparing right now, I decided to pay a visit to Team Adams and share the result of said epiphany.

What is that?

The Museum Project

Instead of assigning a research paper that will be written and then promptly forgotten for my Art History courses this quarter, each student has to give a presentation on a specific museum. They have to tell us about its history, design, architect, etc. Most importantly, they need to share information about ten famous artworks from the permanent collection, all in a concise, yet creative way (stay tuned and you'll see what I mean). Students will keep a journal/notebook of the presentations and by the end of the quarter, they'll have their very own catalog of the world's best art - in one location - that can be tossed in a purse or man-bag the next time they travel. Oh how I wish I'd had that on so many occasions!

I don't know how many of you enjoy museums, or even art for that matter, but I figured I'd share the wealth from this project with any interested party. I'll base my posts around the presentations given by my students, with a few extra tidbits thrown in from my own experience.

Here's what you have to look forward to in the next 10-11 weeks:

Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, EGYPT*

National Archeological Museum, Athens, GREECE*

British Museum, London, UNITED KINGDOM*

J Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, USA**

National Palace Museum, Taipei TAIWAN R.O.C.***

Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome, ITALY*

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, ITALY*

Musee du Louvre, Paris, FRANCE*

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS*

Borghese Gallery, Rome, ITALY*

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA*

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, AUSTRIA*

Albertina Museum, Vienna, AUSTRIA*

Alte Pinakothek, Munich, GERMANY*

The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA**

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM*

Museo del Prado, Madrid, SPAIN**

Musee d'Orsay, Paris, FRANCE*

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS*

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA**

The Frick Collection, New York, USA*

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA*

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA

National Gallery of London, London, UNITED KINGDOM*

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA*

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FRANCE*

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, SPAIN (pictured above)**

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, USA*

Tate Modern, London, UNITED KINGDOM

*Been there, loved it, highly recommend it.

**Never been, can't wait to see it.

***Came close, missed it, means I'll have to go back.

Although there are many more museums to choose from, keep in mind that I have only eleven weeks to work with each quarter, so these are the top 30 museums that made the cut.