Fragments of the World: Uses of Museum Collections / Edition 1

Fragments of the World: Uses of Museum Collections / Edition 1

by Suzanne Keene
ISBN-10:
075066472X
ISBN-13:
9780750664721
Pub. Date:
08/22/2005
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
075066472X
ISBN-13:
9780750664721
Pub. Date:
08/22/2005
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Fragments of the World: Uses of Museum Collections / Edition 1

Fragments of the World: Uses of Museum Collections / Edition 1

by Suzanne Keene
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Overview

During 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?

Fragments of the World examines these questions, first reviewing the history of collecting and of collections, then discussing the ways in which the collections themselves are being used today. Case studies of leading examples from around the world illustrate the discussion. Bringing together the thinking about museum collections with case studies of the ways in which different types of collection are used, the book provides a roadmap for museums to make better use of this wonderful resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750664721
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/22/2005
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Museums; Collections; Collections for research; Collections for ongoing learning; Collections, memory, and identity; Collections and creativity; Collections for enjoyment; Collections and Digitization; Collections and Values; Piecing together the fragments
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