This page compiles your reflections on art, community, museums, and more, informed by your time at Night at the Museum.
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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?
A lot of the rooms show different portraits. Most of them are of upper class individuals, but there are some people of lower economic classes depicted as well. In the same way that the Brooklyn museum places importance and pays attention to people from different walks of life, it is important that for the people in my field of study (healthcare) consider people of different economic and cultural backgrounds when implementing old treatments and developing new ones.
Connie Pierre-Louis
Hunter 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?
I am a math major and I saw many paintings using different shapes or abstractions which are relevant especially to geometry when looking at how each of the different shapes are used to make art. Also the abstractions demonstrate the abstract theories used in math and the dynamic processes used to solve problems.
Ashley Arndt
College of Staten Island
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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?
I would relate my current major, marketing, to my experience at Night at the Museum from the advertising that goes into it. Each piece is like its own advertisement. The whole gallery is like a company. The pieces draw people’s attention to the museum, increasing the amount of guests that visit. This is just like when an advertisement draws people to purchasing a product.
Mark Erlenwein
College of Staten Island
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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.)
A piece of art that invoked strong reactions in me was the art piece was Bound by Kehinde Wiley. Walking into the Counterparts exhibit I was met with this artwork, and as soon as I saw it I felt it was powerful. The gorgeous sculpting depicting 3 black women connected by their hair, adorned with flowers and birds, almost as if their hair is connected with nature itself. Its placement as an all black sculpture in a white room symbolizing how Black Women lifted each other up. Thats why the each of the women’s hair flow into each other’s. It has such a beautiful message the importance and beauty of the hair to black women and their culture.
Lehman College
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Where and how do you see yourself, your communities, and/or New Yorkers in this museum?
At the Brooklyn Museum, I see New Yorkers in the diverse art and exhibitions that highlight the borough’s rich culture and history. The museum focuses on local artists and community-driven projects, which reflects the lively spirit of Brooklyn, where creativity and self-expression flourish. Through its exhibits and programs, the museum offers a space for New Yorkers to connect with their community, explore their identities, and celebrate the city’s diversity.
College of Staten Island
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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?
This experience reinforced what I believed about museum: that they serve to spread knowledge, art, history, and tell stories to the public. We can find painting of all kinds of people whether they are presidents, indigenous people, and Roman goddesses. There is so much to learn about history and other communities. We can see old sculptures and film here too. I would encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums because there is always something new to see, and a lot we can analyze and be critical about. Many things aren’t as they initially appear and tell meaningful stories.
Lizbeth Bermeo
Queens 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?
This museum reinforced my previous ideas about museums being a place that connects culture. There are many different cultures displayed in the same place which connects them and gives a sense of multiculturalism and community, something I already believed that museums had. I would encourage other Macaulay students to go to museums to learn about different cultures, time periods, and historical events to have a better understanding of the world and how it was before, how it is now, and how it will be in the future.
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.)
I found value in all the artworks in this exhibit, but one that stood out to me was John Frederick Kensett’s “Lake George” (1870). When I first saw this landscape, it really took my breath away! Then, looking closer, I was able to admire the soft details of the bushes in the foreground, the realistic, mellow lake in the background, and how these details worked synchronously to put myself and other viewers at ease. It reminded me of my mom, who loves landscapes like these, reflecting a sense of warmth from this cool lake.
Mohammed Ziauddin
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.)
When I saw A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie by Albert Bierstadt, I felt completely pulled into the scene. The dark storm clouds rolling over the bright mountains reminded me of times when life feels uncertain but still full of beauty. It felt like standing in the middle of something powerful — like the world was both peaceful and chaotic at once.
The painting : A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie by Albert Bierstadt
Mavluda 🙂
Hunter 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?
This experience reinforced my previous ideas about museums because you can see a bunch of different perspectives of issues and emotions. You can also get a glimpse into different cultures to see how other people ma do or view things differently. I would encourage other Macaulay students to visit museums because it allows them to become more open to these different perspectives and better understand the world around them.
Michelle Ahumada
Baruch College
