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Museum Revolutions: How museums change and are changed
Simon Knell
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Description for Museum Revolutions: How museums change and are changed
Paperback. Explores the ways in which museums are shaped and configured and how they themselves attempt to shape and change the world around them. This volume includes topics such as: disciplinary practices, ethnic representation, postcolonial politics, economic aspiration, social reform, indigenous models, conceptions of history and urban regeneration. Editor(s): Knell, Simon J.; Watson, Sheila; MacLeod, Suzanne. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 black & white tables, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 762.
This single-volume museum studies reference title explores the ways in which museums are shaped and configured and how they themselves attempt to shape and change the world around them. Written by a leading group of museum professionals and academics from around the world and including new research, the chapters reveal the diverse and subtle means by which museums engage and in so doing change and are changed. The authors span over 200 years discussing national museums, ecomuseums, society museums, provincial galleries, colonial museums, the showman's museum, and science centres. Topics covered include: disciplinary practices, ethnic ... Read more
This single-volume museum studies reference title explores the ways in which museums are shaped and configured and how they themselves attempt to shape and change the world around them. Written by a leading group of museum professionals and academics from around the world and including new research, the chapters reveal the diverse and subtle means by which museums engage and in so doing change and are changed. The authors span over 200 years discussing national museums, ecomuseums, society museums, provincial galleries, colonial museums, the showman's museum, and science centres. Topics covered include: disciplinary practices, ethnic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415444675
SKU
V9780415444675
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Reviews for Museum Revolutions: How museums change and are changed
`The twenty-eight essays included in Museum Revolutions are written by an impressive international body of contributors...Museum Revolutions also clearly contributes to the literature in museum ethics, as the essays are rich in ethical topics such as the politics of representation, ecomuseums, repatriation, social responsibility, indigenous peoples and new museum models, treatment of human remains, and learning and difference ... I ... Read more