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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464873003321

Autore

Bedford Leslie

Titolo

The Art of Museum Exhibitions [[electronic resource] ] : How Story and Imagination Create Aesthetic Experiences

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Walnut Creek, : Left Coast Press, 2014

ISBN

1-315-41896-7

1-315-41897-5

1-61132-312-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

069/.5

Soggetti

Museum exhibits - Psychological aspects

Aesthetics

General

Museum Publications

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 - Contemporary Exhibition Theories; Chapter 1. Exhibitions as Education; Chapter 2. Alternative Exhibition Models; Part 2 - Constructing a New Model; Chapter 3. Story; Chapter 4. Imagination; Chapter 5. John Dewey and Art as Experience; Part 3 - Working in the Subjunctive Mood; Chapter 6. Creating and Experiencing the Exhibition Medium; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Leslie Bedford, former director of the highly regarded Bank Street College museum leadership program, expands the museum professional's vision of exhibitions beyond the simple goal of transmitting knowledge to the visitor. Her view of exhibitions as interactive, emotional, embodied, imaginative experiences opens a new vista for those designing them. Using examples both from her own work at the Boston Children's Museum and from other institutions around the globe, Bedford offers the museum professional a bold new vision built around narrative, imagination, and aesthetics, merging the work