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Museums and the shaping of knowledge / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean, 1945-
- Series:
- Heritage.
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--Management.
- Museums.
- Museum techniques.
- Museums--Educational aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-91269-2
- 1-134-91270-6
- 1-280-32295-0
- 9786610322954
- 0-203-41582-5
- 9780203415825
- OCLC:
- 61208927
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