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Beschreibung
How would our understanding of museums change if we used the Vintage Wireless Museum or the Museum of Witchcraft as examples - rather than the British Museum or the Louvre? Although there are thousands of small, independent, single-subject museums in the UK, Europe and North America, the field of museum studies remains focused almost exclusively on major institutions.

In this ground-breaking new book, Fiona Candlin reveals how micromuseums challenge preconceived ideas about what museums are and how they operate. Based on extensive fieldwork and analysis of more than fifty micromuseums, she shows how they offer dramatically different models of curation, interpretation and visitor experience, and how their analysis generates new perspectives on subjects such as display, objects, collections, architecture, and the public sphere.

The first-ever book dedicated to the subject, Micromuseology provides a platform for radically rethinking key debates within museum studies. Destined to transform the field, it is essential reading for students and researchers in museum studies, anthropology, material culture studies, and visual culture.
How would our understanding of museums change if we used the Vintage Wireless Museum or the Museum of Witchcraft as examples - rather than the British Museum or the Louvre? Although there are thousands of small, independent, single-subject museums in the UK, Europe and North America, the field of museum studies remains focused almost exclusively on major institutions.

In this ground-breaking new book, Fiona Candlin reveals how micromuseums challenge preconceived ideas about what museums are and how they operate. Based on extensive fieldwork and analysis of more than fifty micromuseums, she shows how they offer dramatically different models of curation, interpretation and visitor experience, and how their analysis generates new perspectives on subjects such as display, objects, collections, architecture, and the public sphere.

The first-ever book dedicated to the subject, Micromuseology provides a platform for radically rethinking key debates within museum studies. Destined to transform the field, it is essential reading for students and researchers in museum studies, anthropology, material culture studies, and visual culture.
Über den Autor
Fiona Candlin
Zusammenfassung
60 black and white photographs of the museums discussed help to reinforce understanding and bring the material to life
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Micromuseology: An Introduction
1. Open House: Rethinking the 'Public' Museum
2. Vital Objects: How to Keep Museum Exhibits Alive
3. Partisans Reviewed: The Problematic Ethics of Multi-Perspectival Exhibitions
4. Caring for the Dead: Small-Scale Philanthropy and its Motivations
5. Choosing Clutter: Curiosity and the History of Museums
6. Other Worlds: The Distinct Traits of Micromuseums
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350040106
ISBN-10: 135004010X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Candlin, Fiona
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Fiona Candlin
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.05.2017
Gewicht: 0,371 kg
Artikel-ID: 131352479

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