COMPARE What are the Contrasts and Contradictions between
the Mattatuck Museum's treatment of Fortune's skeleton in 1933
and its treatment of the skeleton in 1970? What change in attitude
or understanding does this contrast reflect?

Respuesta :

The Mattatuck Museum took over the possession of Fortune's skeleton and treated it differently between 1933 and 1970 which resulted to a case of compare and contrast.

Museums

A museum is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of cultural and  historical items.

  • In 1933, one of the female students of the John Hopkins medical school, one of the early female graduates gave the skeleton to the Mattatuck museum.

  • In 1970, the skeleton was removed from public display out of respect for his remains and the sensibilities of the community as a reminder that slavery existed.

With this in mind, we can see that there was a difference in the treatment of Fortune's skeleton treatment in the 1933's and the 1970's which reflected respect and obeisance.

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