Textbook
New Museum Theory and Practice: An IntroductionISBN: 978-1-4051-0559-0
Paperback
352 pages
September 2005, ©2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Presents the first comprehensive study of new museum theory.
- Contains 12 original essays that contribute to the field while creating a collective whole for course use.
- Discusses theory through vivid examples and historical overviews.
- Offers guidance on how to put theory into practice.
- Covers a range of museums around the world: from art to history, anthropology to music, as well as historic houses, cultural centres, virtual sites, and commercial displays that use the conventions of the museum.
- Authors come from the UK, Canada, the US, and Australia, and from a variety of fields that inform cultural studies.