Voluntary detours : small-town and rural museums in Alberta / Lianne McTavish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McTavish, Lianne, 1967- author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.

McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small museums--Alberta.

Small museums.

Museums and community--Alberta.

Museums and community.

Museum exhibits--Alberta.

Museum exhibits.

Heritage tourism--Alberta.

Heritage tourism.

Historic sites--Alberta.

Historic sites.

Museum conservation methods--Alberta.

Museum conservation methods.

Alberta--Rural conditions.

Alberta.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

Summary:

After visiting hundreds of museums across Alberta, Lianne McTavish chronicles some of the most challenging and unexpected sites where the idea of the museum is being reshaped. Honouring local, rural, and Indigenous knowledge, Voluntary Detours enriches critical accounts of the past, present, and future of museums.

Contents:

Cover

VOLUNTARY DETOURS

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Worth the Trip: Travel and the Evaluation of Small-Town and Rural Museums

2 Ghosts in the Museum: Haunted Histories at the Museum of Fear and Wonder

3 Middle of Nowhere: Contesting Rural Heritage at the World Famous Gopher Hole Museum

4 Encountering Oil and Water: The Politics of Play at Extraction Museums and Historic Sites

5 Unsettling the Pioneer: Learning from Indigenous Museums and Cultural Centres

Conclusion

Table and Figures

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-280) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-2280-0996-0

OCLC:

1253677426