The Museum time-machine : putting cultures on display / edited by Robert Lumley.

"Museums are an international growth industry. Not only are they increasing in numbers, but they are acquiring new functions in the organization of cultural activities. It is through museums that societies represent their relationship to their own history and to that of other cultures and peopl...

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Other Authors: Lumley, Robert, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1988.
Series:Comedia book
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Table of Contents:
  • Heritage and "the conserver society"--the French case / Philippe Hoyau
  • The making of the English working past / Bob West
  • Museums and "the people" / Tony Bennett
  • Policy and politics / Sue Kirby
  • Putting your house in order / Gaby Porter
  • Tomorrow's yesterdays / Alan Morton
  • The future of the other / Brian Durrans
  • "Astonished and somewhat terrified" / Jeremy Silver
  • The Pompidou Centre and its public / Nathalie Heinich
  • Counting visitors or visitors who count? / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill.