http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org Museum Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:52:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/slavery-in-america.html [caption id="attachment_33" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Art Exhibit"][/caption] Learning about slavery is not completely cut and dry. We all know that what went on was disgusting and that the entire slave trade was a tragedy, but everything you need to know is not going to be contained in an art exhibit. Although the ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/exhibit.html [caption id="attachment_30" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Learning Slavery History"][/caption] It is interesting how many artworks depict different time periods of slavery history in an art museum. Almost every major event has some type of art that commemorates it or shows the emotion of the slavery history event in a very palpable way. Going ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/slavery-history.html [caption id="attachment_26" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Museum Exhibit"][/caption] Most of the world participated in the slave trade at some point, that is a fact. Now, after slavery is no longer a part of the mainstream and illegal in almost every part of the world, all that is left to remind us about the ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/museum-of-art.html [caption id="attachment_23" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="The Slave Market"][/caption] All over the world there has been artwork that deals with difficult subjects. Sometimes, when something is considered taboo or it is just too hard to open up lines of dialogue, artwork is used to express these thoughts and feelings. One example of depicting ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/history-museum.html [caption id="attachment_20" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Slavery Museum"][/caption] The need for a museum to house depictions of American slavery exists in a major way. What African Americans in this country went through for multiple centuries is mind boggling, and having a museum to remember the pain and anguish that was felt during these ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/museum-slavery.html [caption id="attachment_17" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="U.S. Slavery Museum"][/caption] The United States Slavery Museum has been proposed as a memorial that would be located in Washington D.C. at the downtown Mall. The idea has been mulled over for quite some time, and there has been a website dedicated to slavery museum since 2001. ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/slavery-museum.html [caption id="attachment_14" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Charge of the Buffalo Soldiers"][/caption] Art can be a great way to express emotion, and can give people a good understanding of a time period or event, even if they are viewing the piece hundreds of years later. An example of this is the artwork of Thomas ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/artwork.html [caption id="attachment_11" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Emancipated Slaves "][/caption] Visiting a museum exhibit can teach people a lot more about history than many believe. Browsing through a museum exhibit can teach people about ancient Egyptian pharaohs, Roman rulers, and Greek philosophies. We do not have the ability to speak to people from the ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/slavery-art.html [caption id="attachment_8" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Slavery Art"][/caption] Having depictions of slavery in a museum has been controversial in the past, but teaching people about the cruelty that occurred in previous years is very important. This opinion is obviously shared by the many museums that exist in the world, because the number of ... http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/museum.html