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“fiona candlin”

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  • Stories from small museums

    by Fiona Candlin, Toby Butler, Jake Watts ...
    During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK dramatically increased. Typically small and independent, the new museums concentrated on local history, war and transport. This book asks who founded them, how and why.In order to find out more, Fiona Candlin, a professor in museology, and Toby Butler, an expert oral historian, travelled around the UK to meet the individuals, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Micromuseology

    An Analysis of Small Independent Museums

    by Fiona Candlin ...
    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 ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

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  • Museums Matter

    In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum

    by James Cuno ...
    Series series Campbell Lectures
    The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society’s growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. But in recent years, museums have been under attack, with critics arguing that they are little more than relics and promoters of imperialism. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Contemporary Theory of Conservation

    by Salvador Munoz-Vinas ...
    Classical theories of conservation are well known in the heritage community, but in the last two decades thinking has shifted, and classical theory has faced increasing criticism. Contemporary Theory of Conservation brings together current ideas in conservation theory, presenting a structured, coherent analysis of the subject for the first time. This engaging and readable text is split into 3 ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Civilizing Rituals

    Inside Public Art Museums

    by Carol Duncan ...
    Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry and how it is presented to the community.Carol Duncan looks at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art , and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Inside the Museums

    Toronto's Heritage Sites and their Most Prized Objects

    by John Goddard ...
    Heritage Toronto Book Award — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction BookIlluminates Toronto’s early history through its small heritage museums.A portrait of William Lyon Mackenzie stares from a mural at Queen subway station, his face as round and orange as a wheel of cheese. He served as Toronto’s first mayor, led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, and was grandfather to William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s ... Read more

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  • The Birth of the Museum

    History, Theory, Politics

    by Tony Bennett ...
    Series series Culture: Policy and Politics
    In a series of richly detailed case studies from Britian, Australia and North America, Tony Bennett investigates how nineteenth- and twentieth-century museums, fairs and exhibitions have organized their collections, and their visitors.Discussing the historical development of museums alongside that of the fair and the international exhibition, Bennett sheds new light upon the relationship between ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Boston Raphael

    A Mysterious Painting, an Embattled Museum in an Era of Change and a Daughter's Search for the Truth

    by Belinda Rathbone ...
    The discovery of a previously unknown painting by an Italian Renaissance master, and how it went from media sensation to career-ending scandal.On the eve of its centennial celebrations in December 1969, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts announced the acquisition of an unknown and uncatalogued painting attributed to Raphael. Boston's coup made headlines around the world. Soon afterward, an Italian art ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Museums of Contemporary Art

    Notion and Development

    by J. Pedro Lorente ...
    Where, how, by whom and for what were the first museums of contemporary art created? These are the key questions addressed by J. Pedro Lorente in this new book. In it he explores the concept and history of museums of contemporary art, and the shifting ways in which they have been imagined and presented. Following an introduction that sets out the historiography and considering questions of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Museum Texts

    Comunication Frameworks

    by Louise Ravelli ...
    Series series Museum Meanings
    Answering key questions in the study of how museums communicate, Louise Ravelli provides a set of frameworks to investigate the complexities of communication in museums:* What is an appropriate level of complexity for a written label?* Why do some choice in language make a more direct relation to visitors?* Is there a correct way of presenting a particular view of content?* How do design practices ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Challenging History in the Museum

    International Perspectives

    by Jenny Kidd, Sam Cairns, Alex Drago, Amy Ryall ...
    Challenging History in the Museum explores work with difficult, contested and sensitive heritages in a range of museum contexts. It is based on the Challenging History project, which brings together a wide range of heritage professionals, practitioners and academics to explore heritage and museum learning programmes in relation to difficult and controversial subjects. The book is divided into four ... Read more

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  • Museums in the Material World

    Edited by Simon Knell ...
    Series series Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
    Museums in the Material World seeks to both introduce classic and thought-provoking pieces and contrast them with articles which reveal grounded practice. The articles are selected from across the full breadth of museum disciplines and are linked by a logical narrative, as detailed in the section introductions.The choice of articles reveals how the debate has opened up on disciplinary practice, ... Read more

    $68.99 USD