Joanne Mattern - Museums

Joanne Mattern

KIDS DAY OUT

Museums

Kids Day Out is produced and published by Red Chair Press: Red _ Chair _ Press _ LLC PO _ Box _ South _ Egremont, _ MA _ 01258-0333 www.redchairpress.com

Publishers Cataloging-In-Publication Data Names: Mattern, Joanne, 1963 Title: Museums / Joanne Mattern.

Description: Egremont, MA : Red Chair Press, [2018] | Series: Kids day out | Interest age level: 007-010. | Includes index and glossary. | Summary: Do you like to collect things? Many people do. Some people collect art. Others collect objects from history. Some people collect cars or toys. You can collect just about anything! There are almost as many museums as there are things to collect. Take a trip back in time and learn more about these amazing places.--Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: ISBN 978-1-63440-390-0 (library hardcover) | ISBN 978-1-63440-394-8 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Museums--History--Juvenile literature. | CYAC: Museums--History.

Classification: LCC AM5 .M38 2018 (print) | LCC AM5 (ebook) | DDC 069.09--dc23

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Contents

Amazing Collections

D o you like to collect things? Many people do. Some people collect art. Others collect objects from history. Some people collect cars or toys. You can collect just about anything!

A museum is a place that holds a collection of objects. These objects are important in some way. They might be links to history. They might be paintings. Or they might be something unusual, like a type of clothing.

There are almost as many museums as there are things to collect. Museums can teach us many things. Lets take a trip back in time and find out more about these amazing places.

There are more than 55,000 museums in countries.

It s a Fact

Ancient Collectors

P eople have been collecting objects that interested them since the beginning of time. Archaeologists, or scientists who study the past, have found collections of objects in burial sites that are thousands of years old. Ancient cave paintings show that early humans valued art and used it as a way to tell stories.

Even though early people collected objects that were important to them, these collections were not museums. However, they show that people like to keep important objects. These objects also tell us about life in ancient times.

Scientists learn about how people lived when they study items like these arrowheads and Roman urns.