Museums and the shaping of knowledge
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Museums and the shaping of knowledge
（Heritage）
Routledge, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-228) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780415061452
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Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, difficult questions are being asked about the justification of museums. "Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge" presents a critical nature of museums. Through the examination of case studies, Eilean Hooper-Greenhill reveals a variety of different roles for museums in the production and shaping of knowledge. This book should be of interest to museum and heritage care professionals, as well as upper level students in museum studies, heritage studies and cultural history.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415070317
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Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time, when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, difficult questions are being asked about the justification of museums. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge presents a critical survey of major changes in current assumptions about the nature of museums. Through the examination of case studies, Eilean Hooper-Greenhill reveals a variety of different roles for museums in the production and shaping of knowledge. Today, museums are once again organising their spaces and collections to present themselves as environments for experimental and self-directed learning.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 What is a museum?
- Chapter 2 The first museum of Europe?
- Chapter 3 The palace of the prince
- Chapter 4 The irrational cabinet
- Chapter 5 The 'cabinet of the world'
- Chapter 6 The Repository of the Royal Society
- Chapter 7 The disciplinary museum
- Chapter 8 A useful past for the present
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