LEADER 04539nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910457703503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-40235-7 010 $a1-280-63911-3 010 $a9786610639113 010 $a0-08-045641-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000350257 035 $a(EBL)270005 035 $a(OCoLC)469388502 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000157811 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155330 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157811 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10140563 035 $a(PQKB)10353662 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270005 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270005 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137945 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL63911 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000350257 100 $a20050524d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFragments of the world$b[electronic resource] $euses of museum collections /$fby Suzanne Keene 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston $cElsevier Butterworth-Heinemann$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (213 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-13748-0 311 $a0-7506-6472-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Fragments of the World; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of figures; 1. Introduction; Museum directions and perceptions; Concerns articulated; Why the problem?; Too much stuff?; About this book; Notes; The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford; 2. Museums; Variety in museums; Museums, collections, and economics; Professional attitudes; Conclusions; Notes; 3. Collections; The nature of collections; Practical aspects; Using functional objects; Collections and politics; Collections and cultures; Collections and conflicts; Collections: the dark side; Conclusions; Notes; 4. Collections for research 327 $aWhat research?Who researches?; What do researchers require?; Case study: archaeological collections of the; Museum of London Collections researched and less researched; Discussion; Conclusions; Notes; 5. Collections for ongoing learning; About learning; How people think; Object-based learning: some examples; What do students learn?; Museums, collections, and education: the potential; Universities and museums; Conclusions; Notes; Flea Market; 6. Collections, memory, and identity; Concepts of memory and identity; Museums and memory; Identities; Memory in the case of military museums 327 $aDiscussion: implicationsConclusions; Notes; 7. Collections and creativity; Theories of creativity; The art of the collection; Stories from collections; Collections, music, and sound; Collections as places; Inspiration for the public; Discussion; Conclusions; Notes; Beowulf: the treasure and the dragon; 8. Collections for enjoyment; How and what we enjoy; Enjoying stored collections; Personal visits; People using collections; Conclusions; Notes; 9. Collections and digitization; Museum futures; Digital futures; Using digital technologies, using collections; Discussion; Conclusions; Notes 327 $a10. Collections and valuesIntroduction; Culture and economics; Changes in value; Measuring cultural value; Museums and values; Perspectives on value; Conclusions; Notes; Poetry; 11. Piecing together the fragments; Museums and collections in the future; What can museums do?; A new focus on collections; Is there a solution?; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgements; Research Method; Copyright and permissions; Index 330 $aDuring the past decade a number of individual museums have found imaginative ways of using their collections and of making them accessible. However, museum collections as a whole are enormous in size and quantity and the question of how can they can be put to best use is ever present. When conventional exhibitions can only ever utilise a tiny proportion of them, what other uses of the collections are possible? Will their exploitation and use now destroy their value for future generations? Should they simply be kept safely and as economically as possible as a resource for the future?