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Management number 233608580 Release Date 2026/06/27 List Price US$16.15 Model Number 233608580
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Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time, when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, difficult questions are being asked about the justification of museums. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge presents a critical survey of major changes in current assumptions about the nature of museums. Through the examination of case studies, Eilean Hooper-Greenhill reveals a variety of different roles for museums in the production and shaping of knowledge. Today, museums are once again organising their spaces and collections to present themselves as environments for experimental and self-directed learning. Read more

ASIN B0B5FMWLYJ
XRay Not Enabled
ISBN13 978-1134912698
Edition 1st
Language English
File size 31.6 MB
Page Flip Enabled
Publisher Routledge
Word Wise Enabled
Print length 242 pages
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Screen Reader Supported
Publication date January 23, 1992
Enhanced typesetting Enabled

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