Re-Imagining the Museum

Beyond the Mausoleum

Andrea Witcomb (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-22099-6 (ISBN)

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Interdisciplinary in approach, this book presents new interpretations of museum history and practices. Engaging with a variety of commentators, the text discusses museums in terms of their relationship with the media and their role in modern society.

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 Museum presents a vital tool in the study of museum practice.

Witcomb, Andrea

Introduction; Chapter 1 Unmasking a different museum: museums and cultural criticism; Chapter 2 Floating the museum; Chapter 3 FromBatavia toAustralia II: negotiating changes in curatorial practices; Chapter 4 ‘A place for all of us’? Museums and communities; Chapter 5 Beyond the mausoleum: museums and the media; Chapter 6 Interactivity in museums: the politics of narrative style;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.12.2002
Reihe/Serie	Museum Meanings
Zusatzinfo	4 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Reisen ► Reiseführer
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-415-22099-8 / 0415220998
ISBN-13	978-0-415-22099-6 / 9780415220996
Zustand	Neuware