| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge research in museum studies ; 14 |
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Routledge research in museum studies ; 14.
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| Contents |
Performances of museum storage / James Delbourgo -- Visible storage, visible labour? / Nicky Reeves -- Serendipity, transparency, and wonder: the value of visitable storage / Sarah Bond -- Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, in conversation with Mirjam Brusius -- To store is to save: Kenneth C. Murray and the founding of the Nigerian Museum, Lagos / Amanda H. Hellman -- "Essential cure for dying museums": Clarence S. Stein and study-storage / Belinda Nemec -- "Storage" and "display": local museum practices in India / Upinder Singh -- Home from homes: the movement of things from families to museums / Claire Warrior -- Home storage: the reception and treatment of domestic collections of aeronautica by the Science Museum and the National Air and Space Museum / Caitlin Doherty -- Preserving preservation. maintaining meaning in museum storage / Wendy M. K. Shaw -- Hidden histories: museum taxidermy rediscovered / John Sanders -- The animals went in two by two: shifts in the classification and display of taxidermy in the seen and unseen spaces of public museums / Ebony Andrews -- Storage and sharing: a suggestion for the future of collections of forgeries' / Michael Conforti -- Upstairs, downstairs. the National Gallery's dual collections / Susanna Avery Quash and Alan Crookham -- The double life of "Oriental" textiles at the Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens: interpreting storage and displayability of Ottoman silks in 20th century Greece / Elena Papastavrou and Nikolaos Vryzidis -- Lying in wait: inertia and latency in the collection / Alice Stevenson -- Clothing, care and compromise: a case study of the storage of the Hodson Shop collection, 1983-2015 / Jenny Gilbert-Evans -- Loose bodies: reserve collections, curatorial reservations, and the Ancient Egyptian dead / Christina Riggs -- The secret art of the Bambui Royal Treasury, Western Grassfield, Cameroon Mathias / Alubafi Fubah -- Remnants of past lives: storing archaeological stuff / Morag M. Kersel |
| Summary |
"This book explores issues including the relationship between storage and canonization, the politics of collecting, the use of museum storage as a form of censorship"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Museums -- Collection management.
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Museum storage facilities.
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collections management.
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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.
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Museum storage facilities
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Museums -- Collection management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brusius, Mirjam, editor.
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Singh, Kavita, editor.
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| LC no. |
2018009849 |
| ISBN |
9781351659420 |
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1351659421 |
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9781315159393 |
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1315159392 |
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