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GATEWAY PROJECT: A FULBRIGHT BLOG




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This blog is an archive for my research, interviews with designers and museum staff, and travel experiences as I explore multilingual design practices in Taiwan.
Fulbright research abroad in Taipei, Taiwan began in March 2021.   
这个博客是关于我个人在旅行交流经验中用中英文做研究访问博物馆陈列设计师和员工的记录。

2021年三月到輔仁大學开始我富布赖特的国外研究。


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ESSAY SERIES (PART TWO): THE FIRST PUBLIC MUSEUM 





Language: English
Date: Oct 26, 2021
Listening to: Jazz on the Autobahn by the Felice Brothers
 

“The Louvre: How the Museum of the People was Born from Revolution”


Four years into the French Revolution, as the revolutionary government deposed the king, chased out the elites, and declared the “natural, imprescriptible, and unalienable rights” of the people, all heads turned towards the Louvre. Once a military garrison, for the last two hundred years the Louvre was the official residence of the king. From the Renaissance onwards, the monarchy had collected masterpieces from around the world to fill the enormous galleries. Now the common French person couldn’t even fill their stomachs, leading to a complete overthrow of the monarchy and church power. When the National Assembly reopened the Louvre in 1793, it declared that the galleries and everything in them were being returned to their rightful owners: the people.

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