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

Main entry:

Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean, 1945-

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Description:

ix, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Heritage ^A544782 ^A544782

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-228) and index.
1. What is a museum? -- 2. The first museum of Europe? -- 3. The palace of the prince -- 4. The irrational cabinet -- 5. The 'cabinet of the world' -- 6. The repository of the Royal Society -- 7 .The disciplinary museum -- 8. A useful past for the present.

Summary:

"Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time, when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, difficult questions are being asked about the justification of museums. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge presents a critical survey of major changes in current assumptions about the nature of museums. Through the examination of case studies, Eilean Hooper-Greenhill reveals a variety of different roles for museums in the production and shaping of knowledge. Today, museums are once again organising their spaces and collections to present themselves as environments for experimental and self-directed learning."

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ISBN:

0415061458
9780415061452
0415070317
9780415070317

Subject:

Museums Management.
Museum techniques.
Museums Educational aspects.
Musées Gestion.
Muséologie.
Musées Aspect éducatif.
museology.
Museums

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Heritage.

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Location: Library main 74534
Call No.: ID:92-B2177
Status: Available

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