Museum Architecture: A New Biography
Author:   Suzanne MacLeod (University of Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415529051


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 March 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Suzanne MacLeod (University of Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780415529051


ISBN 10:   0415529050
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 March 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Telling stories of museum architecture 2. ‘Hobson’s Choice’: art and grog in Liverpool 3. ‘It is, of course, very easy to make merry over the Alderman in Art’: the 1930s extension and renovation 4. Ration cards, food hordes and art: occupation by friendly forces and the battle for liberation 1939-1951 5. Art (and architecture) in a city: ambition, illusion and revolution 6. The social architecture of museums Appendix 1 Abbreviations Primary sources Secondary sources

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Overall, the book gives us an intriguing account of the processes involved in museum making created by a complex framework of individuals and their personal agendas...MacLeod's text serves as an important reference source in the fields of museum studies and architectural design... - Altaf Engineer, The Illinois School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


"""Overall, the book gives us an intriguing account of the processes involved in museum making created by a complex framework of individuals and their personal agendas...MacLeod's text serves as an important reference source in the fields of museum studies and architectural design..."" - Altaf Engineer, The Illinois School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"


Author Information

Suzanne MacLeod is Head of the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. Her research interests focus on museum architecture and design and particularly the relationship between historical representations of museums and contemporary design practice. Publications include Museum Making (ed. with Laura Hourston Hanks and Jonathan Hale, 2012), Museum Revolutions (ed. with Simon Knell and Sheila Watson, 2007), and Reshaping Museum Space (2005).

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