Revisiting museums of influence : four decades of innovation and public quality in European museums / edited by Mark O'Neill, Jette Sandahl, Marlen Mouliou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Neill, Mark, 1956- editor.

Sandahl, Jette, editor.

Mouliou, Marlen, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Europe.

Museums.

European Museum of the Year Award--History.

European Museum of the Year Award.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Other Title:

Four decades of innovation and public quality in European museums

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

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Biography/History:

Mark O'Neill is an independent researcher and consultant and former Head of Glasgow Museums; Chair of the European Museum of the Year Jury; Associate Professor, College of Arts, Glasgow University; Research Fellow, Museum Studies, Leicester University; and Adviser, Event Communications, London. Jette Sandahl has been the founding director for two pioneering new museums, the Women's Museum of Denmark and the Museum of World Cultures in Sweden. She has served as Director of Exhibitions and Public Programmes at the National Museum of Denmark, and as Director Experience at National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Most recently, she was director of the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark.She is Chair of the European Museum Forum, which oversees the European Museum of the Year Award. Marlen Mouliou is Assistant Professor of Museology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens-NKUA. From 2010 to 2016, she served as Secretary and Chair of the International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities (ICOM-CAMOC). Since 2016, she has been Member of the Panel of Judges for the European Museum of the Year Award and Vice-Chair of the European Academic Heritage Network (UNIVERSEUM).

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction p. 1 / Mark O'Neill and Jette Sandahl and Marlen Mouliou

Part 2 Museum portraits p. 27

1 Ironbridge Gorge Museum p. 28 / Massimo Negri

2 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art p. 32 / Massimo Negri

3 Catharine Convent State Museum p. 36 / Ann Nicholls

4 Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation 'V. Papandoniou' p. 40 / Peter Schirmbeck

5 Stockholm Music Museum p. 44 / Peter Schirmbeck

6 The Museum of Farming and Crafts of Calabria p. 48 / Peter Schirmbeck

7 Quarry Bank Mill p. 52 / Peter Schirmbeck

8 Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre p. 56 / Wim van der Weiden

9 The Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia p. 60 / Wim van der Weiden f

10 TheVasa Museum p. 64 / Ann Nicholls

11 Aka Museum p. 68 / Ann Nicholls

12 Museum of the Romanian Peasant p. 72 / J. Patrick Greene

13 National Conservation Centre (National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) p. 76 / Wim van der Weiden

14 Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre p. 80 / J. Patrick Greene

15 Guggenheim Museum p. 84 / Maritta Pitkänen

16 In Flanders Fields Museum p. 88 / J. Patrick Greene

17 Chester Beatty Library p. 92 / Wim van der Weiden

18 The British Galleries at the Victoria and Albeit Museum p. 96 / Massimo Negri

19 MARQ Archaeological Museum of Alicante p. 100 / Massimo Negri

20 La Piscine, Andre Diligent Art and Industrial Museum p. 104 / Wim van der Weiden

21 Netherlands Open-Air Museum p. 108 / Mikhail Gnedovsky

22 German Emigration Centre p. 112 / Ann Nicholls

23 Museum, of Portimao p. 116 / Jouetta van der Ploeg

24 Museum of Broken Relationships p. 120 / Sirje Hehne

25 Tampere 1918-Museum of the Finnish Civil War p. 124 / Mikhail Gnedovsky

26 Madinat al-Zahra Museum p. 128 / Jette Sandahl

27 Glasnevin Cemetery Museum p. 132 / Jouetta van der Ploeg

28 Archaeological Museum Ioannina p. 136 / Michael Ryan

29 Museum of Liverpool p. 140 / Jose Gameiro

30 National Maritime Museum p. 144 / Jahangir Selimkhanov

31 The Museum of Innocence p. 148 / Jette Sandahl

32 Baksi Museum p. 152 / Jette Sandahl

33 Zanis Lipke Memorial p. 156 / Mikhail Gnedovsky

34 Rijksmuseum p. 160 / Michael Ryan

35 MuCEM - Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations p. 164 / José Gameiro

36 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum p. 168 / Jahangir Selimkhanov

37 The Mary Rose Museum p. 172 / Michael Ryan

38 Sasso San Gottardo Museum p. 176 / Jahangir Selimkhanov

39 European Solidarity Centre p. 180 / Jette Sandahl

40 Odderøya Museum Harbour p. 184 / Jahangir Selimkhanov

41 Benfica FC Museum and FC Porto Museum p. 188 / Jahangir Selimkhanov

42 Yaroslavl Art Museum p. 192 / Michael Ryan

43 Mémorial ACTe, Caribbean Centre of Expressions and Memory of the Slave Trade and Slavery p. 196 / Jette Sandahl

44 Museum of the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin p. 200 / Jahangir Selimkhanov

45 The Old Town Museum p. 204 / Jouetta van der Ploeg

46 Museum of Confluences p. 208 / Karmele Barandiarau

47 Silesian Museum p. 212 / Marlen Mouliou

48 Marubi National Museum of Photography p. 216 / Marlen Mouliou

49 War Childhood Museum p. 220 / Marlen Mouliou

50 Rijksmuseum Boerhaave p. 224 / Barbara Kirshenhlatt-Gimblett

Part 3 European Museum of the Year Awards 1977-2019 p. 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1000262189

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1000262170

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