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    Series series What Is It For?
    The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative?In this passionately argued book, Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of ... Read more

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    What Are Museums For?

    by Jon Sleigh ...
    Narrated by Anand Jagatia ...
    Series series What Is It For?

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    3 hours 42 min

    The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative?In this passionately argued book, Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics

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