National Museums

Author : Simon Knell,Peter Aronsson,Arne Bugge Amundsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317723141

Get Book

National Museums by Simon Knell,Peter Aronsson,Arne Bugge Amundsen Pdf

National Museums is the first book to explore the national museum as a cultural institution in a range of contrasting national contexts. Composed of new studies of countries that rarely make a showing in the English-language studies of museums, this book reveals how these national museums have been used to create a sense of national self, place the nation in the arts, deal with the consequences of political change, remake difficult pasts, and confront those issues of nationalism, ethnicity and multiculturalism which have come to the fore in national politics in recent decades. National Museums combines research from both leading and new researchers in the fields of history, museum studies, cultural studies, sociology, history of art, media studies, science and technology studies, and anthropology. It is an interrogation of the origins, purpose, organisation, politics, narratives and philosophies of national museums.

Author : Sheila Watson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000205473

Get Book

National Museums and the Origins of Nations by Sheila Watson Pdf

National Museums and the Origins of Nations provides the first international survey of origins stories in national museums and examines the ways in which such museums use the distant past as a vehicle to reflect the concerns of the political present. Offering an international comparison of institutions in China, North and South America, the Middle East, Europe and Australia, the book argues that national museums tell us more about what sort of community a nation wishes to be today, than how and why that nation came into being. Watson also reveals the ways in which narrative and exhibition design attempt to engage the visitor in an emotional experience designed to promote loyalty to, and pride in, the nation, or to remind visitors who are not citizens that they do not belong. These narratives of origin are, it is claimed, based on so-called factual accuracies, but this book reveals that they are often selective, emotional and rarely critiqued within institutions. At a time when nationalism is very much back on the political agenda, this book highlights how museums reflect current political and social concerns. National Museums and the Origins of Nations will appeal to academics and students engaged in the study of museums, heritage, politics, nationalism and history.

Author : Simon Knell,Peter Aronsson,Arne Bugge Amundsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317723134

Get Book

National Museums by Simon Knell,Peter Aronsson,Arne Bugge Amundsen Pdf

National Museums is the first book to explore the national museum as a cultural institution in a range of contrasting national contexts. Composed of new studies of countries that rarely make a showing in the English-language studies of museums, this book reveals how these national museums have been used to create a sense of national self, place the nation in the arts, deal with the consequences of political change, remake difficult pasts, and confront those issues of nationalism, ethnicity and multiculturalism which have come to the fore in national politics in recent decades. National Museums combines research from both leading and new researchers in the fields of history, museum studies, cultural studies, sociology, history of art, media studies, science and technology studies, and anthropology. It is an interrogation of the origins, purpose, organisation, politics, narratives and philosophies of national museums.

Author : Miruna Achim,Susan Deans-Smith,Sandra Rozental
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816539574

Get Book

Museum Matters by Miruna Achim,Susan Deans-Smith,Sandra Rozental Pdf

Museum Matters tells the story of Mexico's national collections through the trajectories of its objects. The essays in this book show the many ways in which things matter and affect how Mexico imagines its past, present, and future.

Author : Raymond Silverman,George Abungu,Peter Probst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000428643

Get Book

National Museums in Africa by Raymond Silverman,George Abungu,Peter Probst Pdf

National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives. Covering all regions of the continent, the volume’s thirteen chapters allow for a deep and nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between past and present in contemporary Africa. Taking stock of the shifting museum landscape in Africa, with new players like China and South Korea challenging the conditions of cultural exchange, the book demonstrates that national museums are being rediscovered as important sites of political engagement and cultural negotiation. This is the first book to critically examine the roles national museums in Africa have played in the societies in which they are situated, but it is also the first to consider the roles that national museums might play in current debates concerning the restitution and repatriation of cultural patrimony taken from Africa during the colonial era. Informed by a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, this ground-breaking book will appeal to anyone interested in museums in Africa. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students working in the areas of museum and heritage studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, art history and cultural studies.

Author : Naoko Sonoda
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811008863

Get Book

New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology by Naoko Sonoda Pdf

This book presents up-to-date information about museums and museology in present-day Asia, focusing on Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Asian countries today have developed or are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European or North American models. This book provides readers with carefully chosen examples of museum activities—for example, exhibition and sharing information, database construction, access to and conservation of museum collections, relationships between museums and local communities, and international cooperation in the field of cultural heritage. Readers are expected to include museum professionals and museology students.Throughout the course of this book, the reader will understand that a museum is not only a place for collecting, representing, and preserving cultural heritage but also plays a fundamental role in community development. This book is highly recommended to readers who seek a worldwide vision of museum studies.The peer-reviewed chapters in this volume are written versions of the lectures delivered by selected speakers at the international symposium "New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology" held in February 2015 at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.

Author : Kylie Message
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134663699

Get Book

Museums and Social Activism by Kylie Message Pdf

Museums and Social Activism is the first study to bring together historical accounts of the African American and later American Indian civil rights-related social and reform movements that took place on the Smithsonian Mall through the 1960s and 1970s in Washington DC with the significant but unknown story about museological transformation and curatorial activism that occurred in the Division of Political and Reform History at the National Museum of American History at this time. Based on interdisciplinary field-based research that has brought together cross-cultural and international perspectives from the fields of Museum Studies, Public History, Political Science and Social Movement Studies with empirical investigation, the book explores and analyses museums’ – specifically, curators’ – relationships with political stakeholders past and present. By understanding the transformations of an earlier period, Museums and Social Activism offers provocative perspectives on the cultural and political significance of contemporary museums. It highlights the relevance of past practice and events for museums today and improved ways of understanding the challenges and opportunities that result from the ongoing process of renewal that museums continue to exemplify.

Author : Peter Aronsson,Gabriella Elgenius
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317569145

Get Book

National Museums and Nation-building in Europe 1750-2010 by Peter Aronsson,Gabriella Elgenius Pdf

Europe’s national museums have since their creation been at the centre of on-going nation making processes. National museums negotiate conflicts and contradictions and entrain the community sufficiently to obtain the support of scientists and art connoisseurs, citizens and taxpayers, policy makers, domestic and foreign visitors alike. National Museums and Nation-building in Europe 1750-2010 assess the national museum as a manifestation of cultural and political desires, rather than that a straightforward representation of the historical facts of a nation. National Museums and Nation-building in Europe 1750-2010 examines the degree to which national museums have created models and representations of nations, their past, present and future, and proceeds to assess the consequences of such attempts. Revealing how different types of nations and states – former empires, monarchies, republics, pre-modern, modern or post-imperial entities – deploy and prioritise different types of museums (based on art, archaeology, culture and ethnography) in their making, this book constitutes the first comprehensive and comparative perspective on national museums in Europe and their intricate relationship to the making of nations and states.

Author : Karen Exell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317279006

Get Book

Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula by Karen Exell Pdf

Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is dedicated to the recent and rapid high-profile development of museums in the Arabian Peninsula, focusing on the a number of the Arabian Peninsula states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and theUAE. These Gulf states are dynamically involved in the establishment of museums to preserve and , represent their distinct national culture and heritage, as well as engaging in the regional and global art worlds through the construction of state-of-the-art art museums. Alongside such developments is a rich world of collection and displaying material culture in homes and private museums that is little known to the outside world. Museum Studies literature has struggled to keep pace with such developments and Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is the first book to coherently present: a contemporary overview of the ever-evolving landscape of museums and related heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula a critical evaluation of the nature of these museum projects within the political and cultural conditions in the Arabian Peninsula suggestions for productive ways forward for museum developments in the Arabian Peninsula Museums Studies students and museum professionals now have a book that fills an important gap in the picture of the museum worldwide. Contextualising this study in the history and politics of the region, from a scholar working within the region, this in-depth overview and critical analysis of museums in the Arabian Peninsula stands alone as an entry into this important topic.

Author : Kenneth Hudson,Ann Nicholls
Publisher : Springer
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1975-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349014880

Get Book

Directory of Museums by Kenneth Hudson,Ann Nicholls Pdf

Author : Annie E. Coombes,Lotte Hughes,Karega-Munene,
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755627813

Get Book

Managing Heritage, Making Peace by Annie E. Coombes,Lotte Hughes,Karega-Munene, Pdf

Kenya stands at a crossroads in its history and heritage, as the nation celebrates its fiftieth anniversary of independence from Britain in 2013. At this important juncture, what parts of its history, including the Mau Mau uprising, do citizens and state wish to remember and commemorate and what is best forgotten or occluded? What does heritage mean to ordinary Kenyans, and what role does it play in building nationhood and forging peace and reconciliation? Focusing on the 1990s to the present, "Managing Heritage, Making Peace" is a timely exploration of the ways in which Kenyans are engaging with the past in the present, including such local initiatives as the community peace museums movement, local and national monuments and other notable commemorative actions. The authors show how Kenya is facing a continuing crisis over nationhood, heritage, memory and identity, which must be resolved to achieve social cohesion and peace.

Author : Tiffany Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Antiquities
ISBN : 9780199657599

Get Book

Keeping Their Marbles by Tiffany Jenkins Pdf

The story of how the museums of the West acquired the treasures of antiquity, from the Benin Bronzes to the Bust of Nefertiti - and why they should not be returned to the lands from which they came.

Author : Christopher Whitehead,Susannah Eckersley,Katherine Lloyd,Rhiannon Mason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317092681

Get Book

Museums, Migration and Identity in Europe by Christopher Whitehead,Susannah Eckersley,Katherine Lloyd,Rhiannon Mason Pdf

The imperatives surrounding museum representations of place have shifted from the late eighteenth century to today. The political significance of place itself has changed and continues to change at all scales, from local, civic, regional to national and supranational. At the same time, changes in population flows, migration patterns and demographic movement now underscore both cultural and political practice, be it in the accommodation of ’diversity’ in cultural and social policy, scholarly explorations of hybridity or in state immigration controls. This book investigates the historical and contemporary relationships between museums, places and identities. It brings together contributions from international scholars, academics, practitioners from museums and public institutions, policymakers, and representatives of associations and migrant communities to explore all these issues.

Author : Edward P. Alexander,Mary Alexander,Juilee Decker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442278813

Get Book

Museums in Motion by Edward P. Alexander,Mary Alexander,Juilee Decker Pdf

Here is a complete introduction to the history of museums, types of museums, and the key roles that museums play in the twenty-first century. Following an introductory chapter looking at what a museum is today, Part I looks at the history and types of museums: art and design museums natural history and anthropology museums science museums history museums, historic houses, interpretation centers, and heritage sites botanical gardens and zoos children’s museums The second part of the book explores the primary functions of museums and museum professionals: to collect to conserve to exhibit to interpret and to engage to serve and to act The final chapter looks at the museum profession and professional practices. Throughout, emphasis is on museums in the United States, although attention is paid to the historical framing of museums within the European context. The new edition includes discussions of technology, access, and inclusivity woven into each chapter, a list of challenges and opportunities in each chapter, and “Museums in Motion Today,” vignettes spread throughout the volume in which museum professionals provide their perspectives on where museums are now and where they are going. More than 140 images illustrate the volume.

Author : François Mairesse
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000812480

Get Book

Dictionary of Museology by François Mairesse Pdf

The internationally focused Dictionary of Museology reflects the diversity of cultural and disciplinary approaches to theory and practice in the museum field today. The museum world is changing rapidly, and the characteristics and social roles of the world’s approximately 100,000 existing museums are constantly evolving. In addition to their traditional functions of preservation, research and communication, museums are increasingly addressing issues related to social inclusion, human rights, sustainable development and finances, all of which are explored in this dictionary. Drawing on the support of an international editorial committee, including influential figures from the US, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Spain, Germany, France and the UK, this collaborative work produced by over 100 researchers from around the world provides an overview of this unique field by defining over 1,000 terms relating to museology. The Dictionary of Museology is intended for a broad spectrum of museum professionals, academics, researchers and students. The book will be especially useful to those working with international partners, since a common lexicon that conveys the complex reality of current social and cultural values is particularly vital for those working across borders.