This page compiles your reflections on art, community, museums, and more, informed by your time at Night at the Museum.
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Compare how this experience reinforced or challenged your previous ideas about museums. Would you encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums?
I always thought museums were intriguing, however I would often get burnt out toward the end of the exhibits. This museum completely shifted my perspective of art exhibits. The fifth floor of the museum kept me engaged all throughout, displaying the absolutely gorgeous pieces. Color composition of each room was well executed, combining pieces from different time periods but still keeping each of them connected.
Hunter College
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Where and how do you see yourself, your communities, and/or New Yorkers in this museum?
I can definitely see myself and my community in this museum. Many of the paintings and sculptures capture what it is like to be alive, even if I do not directly relate to it. The artifacts are also very interesting, as I can connect myself to another time. What is most appealing to me about this museum is that it allows me to explore cultures and history through a lens of connection.
Reese Rowland
Queens College
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Choose a piece of art you saw that invoked strong feelings for you. Describe the response you had and why. (Don’t forget to include the title and artist.)
Frederick J. Waugh
The Great Deep
1909This piece resonates with me because I like calm places and the Sea is something that is most of the time calm, but it also can be influenced by the clouds and because of a storm, the sea enters in a state of rage. Which makes it more turbulent and it will not be as calm as it once was.
Oliver Hernandez
Lehman College
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How would you relate your current major or field of study to your experience at Night at the Museum? What connections can you see?
My major political science is related to my experience at the Night at the Muesuem as I was able to learn about the American History. On the 5th Floor I was able to see the experiences that America has gone through.
City College
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Compare how this experience reinforced or challenged your previous ideas about museums. Would you encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums?
In the opening talk, something really stuck with me: the idea that museums weren’t just places to visit and see, but therefore places to visit and talk about even while already there. I’d visited museums before, but I had mever had much conversation there or discussed any artwork with others. To me they were places for silent contemplation, like libraries. This time with a group of fellow students, I was able to enjoy chatting about our favorite pieces and leading each other to interesting artwork.
City College
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Where and how do you see yourself, your communities, and/or New Yorkers in this museum?
i see myself represented in these images and art pieces because it represent the history of america. seeing the different perspectives helps me to envision what it was like for others to live through history.
Mari Khan
Brooklyn College
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How would you relate your current major or field of study to your experience at Night at the Museum? What connections can you see?
Because I am an art major, I can see the different techniques. The artist used to express themselves through the art. Artist uses multiple different canvases, materials, and subject to make up a piece of work.
Kelly Gonzalez
City College
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Compare how this experience reinforced or challenged your previous ideas about museums. Would you encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums?
My experience at the Night at The Museum reinforced my love for museums and art as well as allowed me to see myself and the embrace of my culture through various mediums of art.
Sara Smith
Baruch College
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What would you add that is missing or what would you like to see in the American art exhibit in the future?
I don’t have a specific exhibit I would add because I’m not an artist. One thing that I thought the museum could use more of was queer art. Although there might have been some, I didn’t notice any specifically queer art that I would have been able to tell represented the queer experience without having to read about it.
Ethan Braunstein
Queens College
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Choose a piece of art you saw that invoked strong feelings for you. Describe the response you had and why. (Don’t forget to include the title and artist.)
This piece invoked feelings of respect and admiration because of the free-spirited nature of the subject. The quote “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair” by Shirley Chrisholm that accompanies the description of the artwork brings a feeing of liberation that empowers those who feel excluded from groups and institutions. I believe this is a powerful message for anyone who feels like they do not belong.
Katherine Han
City College
