Museums, Objects, and Collections Museums, Objects, and Collections

Museums, Objects, and Collections

A Cultural Study

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Publisher Description

This book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, and the objects that form them. Susan M. Pearce probes the psychological and social reasons that people collect and identifies three modes of collecting: collecting as souvenirs, as fetishes, and as systematic assemblages. She considers how museum professionals set policies of collection management; acquire, study, and exhibit objects; and make meaning of the objects in their care. Pearce also explores the ideological relationship between museums and their collections and the intellectual and social relationships of museums to the public.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
1993
October 17
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
312
Pages
PUBLISHER
Smithsonian
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
56.8
MB

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