Museum Exhibition Proposal With Punch

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Exhibit Overview and Rationale: The “The Myth And The Reality” exhibition is intended for the visitors who are interested in previous historical, religious, human behaviors, mythological material, nature of animals, and the world we live in. Mythical creatures are created by people’s imaginations, hopes, fears, and most passionate dreams. The exhibition I am designing uses a method of comparison, comparing real animals to mythical creatures. The intent is to arouse the imagination of the visitors in his or her personal journey of discovery, connecting with the real world to mythical creatures. Throughout my exhibition I will be providing detailed information of the real and mythical creatures including where they are commonly found and live, their origin, and their physical attributes; giving audiences of all age groups a better understanding of the bizarre, powerful, and brave creatures that rule the air, water, and land. There are other similar exhibitions depicting mythical creators. For example, an exhibition called Mythic creatures: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids, which was shown by Museum of Science in Boston in the (Oct 26,2008 - Mar 22,2009). “Mythic Creatures explores rich, ancient cultures, nature, and folklore from around the world," said Paul Fontaine, Vice President of Education at Museum of Science (Museum of Science, 2014). The main difference between the exhibition I am creating and the Mythic creatures exhibition is my exhibition not only give visitors a better understand of the mythical creators, but it compares them to modern animals that are currently living on our planet. For many centuries, humans have brought mythic creatures to life through rumors, stories, literary works of art, and movi... ... middle of paper ... ...hology(1991)London:Penguin. 6. Cassandra,Eason,(2008) Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters, and Animal Power Symbols,Greenwood Press 7. Lehner Ernst, Lehner Johanna, (2004)Big Book of Dragons, Monsters, and Other Mythical Creatures,Dover Publications 8. American museum of natural history (2014), Retrieved on May 2, http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/mythic-creatures 9. University go California Museum of Paleontology, Retrieved on May 5 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinofr.html 10.The TalkOrigins Archive(2006) Retrieved on May 5, http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/paluxy/plesios.html 11. Crofton Croker,(2012)The Mermaid's Prophecy and Other Stories: Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books collection,Varla Ventura Editor ! ! 17 12. Susan Lyndaker Lindsey, Mary Neel Green, Cynthia L. Bennett(1999)The Okapi: Mysterious Animal of Congo-Zaire

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