Museum Matters
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Museum Matters tells the story of Mexico's national collections through the trajectories of its objects. The essays in this book show the many ways in which thi
Museum Matters tells the story of Mexico's national collections through the trajectories of its objects. The essays in this book show the many ways in which thi
The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society’s growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotio
This is a book about objects. Stones, ruins, bones, mummies, mannequins, statues, photographs, fakes, instruments, and natural history specimens all formed part
A leading activist museum director explains why museums are at the center of a political storm In an age of protest, cultural institutions have come under fire.
How did communities come to terms with the collapse of communism? In order to guide the wider narrative, many former communist countries constructed museums ded