Title & Author:

The New museology / edited by Peter Vergo.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 1989.

Description:

viii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Critical views

Notes:
"Critical views"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index.
Museums, artefacts, and meanings / Charles Saumarez Smith -- Objects of knowledge : a historical perspective on museums / Ludmilla Jordanova -- The reticent object / Peter Vergo -- Theme parks and time machines / Colin Sorensen -- Education, entertainment and politics : lessons from the great international exhibitions / Paul Greenhalgh -- On living in a new country / Stephen Bann -- The quality of visitors' experiences in art museums / Philip Wright -- Museum visiting as a cultural phenomenon / Nick Merriman -- Museums and cultural property / Norman Palmer.
Also issued online.

Summary:

With essays by Charles Saumarez Smith, Ludmilla Jordanova, Paul Greenhalgh, Colin Sorensen, Nick Merriman, Stephen Bann, Philip Wright, Norman Palmer and Peter Vergo. "A lively and controversial symposium ... thought-provoking"--The Sunday Times (Paperbacks of the Year, 1989)"The essays are all distinguished by their topicality and lucidity."--Museum News"A welcome addition to the library of Museology"--Art Monthly"The New Museology is essential reading for all those seeking to understand the current debate in museum ideologies."--International Journal of Museum Management and Scholarship.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0948462043
9780948462047
0948462035 (pbk.)
9780948462030 (pbk.)
0295970340
9780295970349

Subject:

Museums History.
Museums Environmental aspects.
Museum techniques.
Museums Educational aspects.
Museums history
Musées Histoire.
Musées Aspect éducatif.
Muséologie.
Musées Aspect de l'environnement.
museology.
Museums
Museumskunde
Aufsatzsammlung
Museumkunde.
Museologia.
Museology

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History

Added entries:

Vergo, Peter.
Critical views.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 40396
Call No.: ID:89-B10222
Status: Available