Micromuseology : an analysis of small independent museums / Fiona Candlin.
- Candlin, Fiona
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Description
In this book, Candlin reveals how micro museums challenge preconceived ideas about what museums are and how they operate. Based on extensive fieldwork and analysis of more than fifty micro museums, she shows how they offer dramatically different models of interpretation and visitor experience, and how their analysis generates new perspectives on subjects.
Publication/Creation
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Physical description
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Open house: rethinking the 'public' museum -- Vital objects: how to keep museum exhibits alive -- Partisans reviewed: the problematic ethics of multi-perspectival exhibitions -- Caring for the dead: small-scale philanthropy and its motivations -- Choosing clutter: curiosity and the history of museums -- Other worlds: the distinct traits of micromuseums.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores/CAN
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781474254953
- 1474254950
- 9781350040106
- 135004010X