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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808762203321

Autore

Hooper-Greenhill Eilean <1945-, >

Titolo

Museums and the shaping of knowledge / / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-91269-2

1-134-91270-6

1-280-32295-0

9786610322954

0-203-41582-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

069/.5

Soggetti

Museums - Management

Museum techniques

Museums - Educational aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; What is a museum?; The first museum of Europe?; The palace of the prince; The irrational cabinet; The 'cabinet of the world'; The Repository of the Royal Society; The disciplinary museum; A useful past for the present; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on numerous case studies, Hooper-Greenhill presents a critical survey of major changes in current assumptions about the nature of museums, and proves that museums are consciously organizing their spaces and collections to aid self-learning.