Re-imagining the museum : beyond the mausoleum / Andrea Witcomb.
Material type:
TextSeries: Museum meaningsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: x, 198 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0415220998 (pbk.)
- Museums -- Philosophy
- Museums -- United States -- History
- Museums -- Great Britain -- History
- Museums -- Australia -- History
- Museum exhibits -- Historiography
- Museum techniques -- Historiography
- Cultural policy -- History
- Mass media and culture -- History
- Popular culture -- History
- Musea
- Museumkunde
- Musées -- Philosophie
- Musées -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Musées -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
- Musées -- Australie -- Histoire
- Objets exposés -- Historiographie
- Muséologie -- Historiographie
- Politique culturelle -- Histoire
- Médias et culture -- Histoire
- Culture populaire -- Histoire
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Re-Imagining the Museum presents new interpretations of museum history and contemporary museum practices.
Through a range of case studies from the UK, North America and Australia, Andrea Witcomb moves away from the idea that museums are always 'conservative' to suggest they have a long history of engaging with popular culture and addressing a variety of audiences. She argues that museums are key mediators between high and popular culture and between government, media practitioners, cultural policy-makers and museums professionals.
Analyzing links between museums and the media, looking at the role of museums in cities, and discussing the effects on museums of cultural policies, Re-Imagining the Museumnbsp;presents a vital tool in the study of museum practice.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-185) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 Unmasking a Different Museum: Museums and Cultural Criticism (p. 13)
- 2 Floating the Museum (p. 27)
- 3 From Batavia to Australia Ii: Negotiating Changes in Curatorial Practices (p. 51)
- 4 'A Place for All of Us'? Museums and Communities (p. 79)
- 5 Beyond the Mausoleum: Museums and the Media (p. 102)
- 6 Interactivity in Museums: the Politics of Narrative Style (p. 128)
- Conclusion (p. 165)
- Notes (p. 171)
- Bibliography (p. 175)
- Index (p. 186)