Description |
1 online resource (255 pages) : colour illustrations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
Published to mark 20 years since the landmark opening of Te Papa on 1998, this book by well-known museum studies academic Conal McCarthy examines the vision behind the museum, how it has evolved in the last two decades, and the particular way Te Papa goes about the business of being a national museum, with major history, natural history and art collections, in a nation with two Treaty partners. |
Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Day One; 01. Getting to Day One; 02. A Guided Tour of the Museum; 03. What the Staff Intended ... and What the Critics Thought; 04. Biculturalism and Beyond; 05. the Museum at Work in 2017; 06. Learning from the First 20 Years; Appendices; Selected Highlights 1998-2017; Current Strategies and Values; Interviewees; Glossary; Notes; Image Credits; Acknowledgements; Index; Copyright |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Te Papa (Museum) -- History.
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Te Papa (Museum) |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. |
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REFERENCE -- General. |
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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Other Form: |
Print version: McCarthy, Conal, 1961- Te Papa. Wellington, New Zealand. : Te Papa Press ; 2018 9780994136268 (DLC) 2018379869 (OCoLC)1018466389 |
ISBN |
9780995103153 (electronic bk.) |
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0995103151 (electronic bk.) |
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9780994136268 |
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0994136269 |
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