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Nathan Yarnell Museum Intro

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Hello everyone. My name name is Nathan Yarnell and I'm majoring in Art, currently a senior with only one semester left in spring. I'm hoping to use my minor in psychology and education to help students in schools. I'm taking this course because I think museums are interesting and I've always wondered what kind of ethical decisions people make when cleaning or repairing an artifact. For example, examining what colors of figures might have been featured in a piece. I really enjoy ancient history museums and art museums. My favorite museum is The Denver Museum,The though I've only been twice. The little fella in the photo is my dog Pepper, having a snooze on the floor.  My current relationship to museums is that I really enjoy visiting them, perhaps my own art will be featured there in the future. I was aware before reading  Museums Are Not Neutral: We Are Stronger Together  that many museums stole from other cultures though that's mostly due to my knowledge of...