Title Re-imagining the museum : beyond the mausoleum / Andrea Witcomb.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Museum meanings
	Museum meanings.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index.
Contents	Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Unmasking a different museum: museums and cultural criticism; Floating the museum; From Batavia to Australia II: negotiating changes in curatorial practices; 'A place for all of us'? Museums and communities; Beyond the mausoleum: museums and the media; Interactivity in museums: the politics of narrative style; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	Re-Imagining the Museum presents new interpretations of museum history and contemporary museum practices. Through a range of case- studies, including studies from the UK, North America and Australia, Andrea Witcomb moves away from the idea that museums are always 'conservative' to suggest they have a long history of engaging with popular culture and addressing a variety of audiences. She argues that museums are key mediators between high and popular culture and between government, media practitioners, cultural policy-makers and museums professionals. The book analyses links between museums and.
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Subject	Museums -- Philosophy.
	Museums -- Philosophy.
	Museums -- United States -- History.
	Museums.
	United States.
	History.
	Museums -- Great Britain -- History.
	Great Britain.
	Museums -- Australia -- History.
	Australia.
	Museum exhibits -- Historiography.
	Museum exhibits -- Historiography.
	Museum exhibits.
	Museum techniques -- Historiography.
	Museum techniques.
	Historiography.
	Cultural policy -- History.
	Cultural policy.
	Mass media and culture -- History.
	Mass media and culture.
	Popular culture -- History.
	Popular culture.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Witcomb, Andrea, 1965- Re-imagining the museum. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 041522098X 0415220998 (DLC) 2002026933 (OCoLC)50166657
ISBN	0203361024 (electronic book)
	9780203361023 (electronic book)
	041522098X
	0415220998 (paperback)
	9780415220989
	9780415220996

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