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By
Suzanne Keene, Independent consultant, and senior lecturer in Museum Studies at University College London.
Description
During the past decade a number of individual museums have found imaginative ways of using their collections and of making them accessible.
However, museum collections as a whole are enormous in size and quantity and the question of how can they can be put to best use is ever
present. When conventional exhibitions can only ever utilise a tiny proportion of them, what other uses of the collections are possible?
Will their exploitation and use now destroy their value for future generations? Should they simply be kept safely and as economically
as possible as a resource for the future?
Fragments of the World examines these questions, first reviewing the history of collecting
and of collections, then discussing the ways in which the collections themselves are being used today. Case studies of leading examples
from around the world illustrate the discussion. Bringing together the thinking about museum collections with case studies of the ways
in which different types of collection are used, the book provides a roadmap for museums to make better use of this wonderful resource.
Audience
Museum professionals and museum studies students. Also conservators, heritage managers and policy makers
Contents
Introduction; History and background; The nature of collections; Collections for research; Collections for education; Collections for
enjoyment; Collections and memory; Effects of the information age; The benefits of collections; Conclusions
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 208 pages, publication date: AUG-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6472-1
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6472-X
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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