The Saint Louis Art Museum Reveals the Work Behind Preserving the Past
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: The moving panorama served as an early form of cinema during the 19th century where it would be taken from town to town and played before a crowd, accompanied by lectures, storytelling, and music. The Saint Louis Art Museum has turned the laborious task of restoring the very large “Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley” into an exhibition all its own.
Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-227**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Have students research the era of Panoramas. How were they transported, advertised, viewed?
Have students research other traveling art/displays in history as well.
*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
