The main purpose of museums are to archive, display, conserve and preserve historical or art collections in all their different forms. Along with this they are a source of information and inspiration to those who visit them. The mission statement of ICP’s misssion statement is to show photography important and essential role in today’s culture.
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There are museums for every kind of thing or interest one may have to collect and share– not just art or history. ICP’s mission statement can be found on their website at http://www.icp.org. Did last week’s visit deliver what ICP claimed?
I think that last week’s visit definitely delivered what the the ICP claimed it would. They showed how much of an integral part of our society photography is through the 9/11 memorial, which demonstrates how much a part of ‘remembering’ photography is. We make scrapbooks of our youth and immortalize every birthday, barbeque and bar mitzvah. Likewise these photos will always be in our hearts to remember those lost. Along with becoming the mode of ‘remembering’, for our century, the fact that the catastrophe on 9/11 was so well documented, is most definitely one of the main reasons why we as a country responded so militarily. Those photos figuratively moved a mountain, the mountain that is the United States, and struck at our collective hearts. The exhibit definitely broadened my knowledge on the subject of photography, even if to only expose the vast amount of photographic genius that came out of 9/11.