Lesson 18: why do we have museums?

Discover the surprising history of museums!

When and how were the first museums created? What is the order? Watch the video and organise the information in the order it is mentioned . 1 Museums were temples built for the goddesses of the arts and science. They were filled with sculptures and poetic inscriptions, for example. 2 A museum was a princess's house and it was created in what is now Iraq. 3 Romans also started collecting compelling items, such as animals and things taken from wars. 4 The natural world was encouraged to be studied again and a collection of objects were displayed in cabinets of curiosities. 5 Museums were open to teh public and accessible by upper and middle classes. 6 Museums were open to everyone, becoming centers for educational purposes. The temples in Greece were filled with offerings of sculptures, mosaics, complex scientific apparatuses, poetic and literary inscriptions spoils of war antiquities experiments The first museum was created in 530 B.C. in Ennigaldi-Nanna’s house, a princess who was the first _ and collected and housed Mesopotamian _ experiments / antiquities curator / samples curator / antiquities During the Roman Empire, treasure houses of politicians and generals were filled with the _ , and royal menageries displayed exotic animals to the public on special occasions. antiquities spoils of war experiments natural samples Curiosity cabinets, also referred to as Wunderkammers, were collections of objects that acted as a kind of _ , showcasing artifacts. natural samples antiquities physical encyclopedia curator The first public museums were only _ to the upper and middle classes, and only on certain days. accessible free interesting attractive American museums, in particular, commissioned _ and hired explorers to seek out and retrieve _. experiments / spoils of war experiments / antiquities antiquities / natural samples experiments / natural samples Museums became centers for scholarship and artistic and scientific _. discover sample discovery activity Nowadays, museums are open to everybody, are centers of learning and research, and are turning into more _ . free institutions hands-on institutions attractive institutions modern institutions What do you think may be the next step in the evolution of museums? Write and record your answer.