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Electronic Field Trips


Electronic Field Trip to the Speed Art Museum
Exhibiting and caring for art
Grade Levels:
6-12
Length:
60 minutes
Taping Rights:
Unlimited
MARC Record:
Downloadable
Web Site:
KET Online
Teaching Materials:
See Below

KET Distance Learning humanities instructor Liz Jewell hosts this tour of Kentucky’s oldest and largest art museum, the Speed Art Museum on the downtown campus of the University of Louisville. Beginning at the loading dock as crates containing a traveling exhibition of Rodin sculptures arrive, she shows students how the museum staff handles, unpacks, and mounts these precious objects—some of them weighing upwards of 1,200 pounds—and creates an enjoyable and educational exhibit around them.

The field trip also includes a look at the Speed’s eclectic permanent collection, which ranges from European old masters to African and Native American art to “body parts” and dog-themed works. Exhibit designers demonstrate some of the innovative hands-on displays and computer software that allow museums to create interactive art experiences for today’s visitors, and curators explain how they create and maintain the proper environmental conditions to preserve artworks for future generations of visitors.

This field trip premiered on April 13, 1999.


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KET Distance Learning humanities instructor Liz Jewell hosts a tour of Kentucky's oldest and largest art museum, the Speed in Louisville. The program includes a look at how a traveling Rodin exhibit is mounted, a tour of the Speed's eclectic permanent collection, and interviews with curators on how artworks are preserved. A 1999 KET production. 51 minutes
    Monday, September 3 at 2:00 pm on KETED
    Monday, September 10 at 3:00 pm on KETED
    Tuesday, September 11 at 2:00 pm on KETED
    Thursday, September 27 at noon on KETED
    Friday, November 23 at 2:00 am on KETED
    Tuesday, January 15 at 5:00 am on KETED
    Monday, February 11 at 3:00 pm on KETED
    Thursday, February 28 at noon on KETED
    Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00 pm on KETED

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