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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel Alberti , Bethan HirstPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780719081149ISBN 10: 0719081149 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 September 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of figures Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: museum historiographies I. Museums and disciplines II. The lives of objects Notes 1. Prologue: the Manchester Natural History Society I. The Museum on Peter Street II. Visitors and staff III. Transfer and dissolution Notes 2. Nature: scientific disciplines in the museum I. Unified nature 1887-1910 II. Expanding collections 1910-50 III. Nature dislocated 1950-90 IV. Conclusion: cultural cartography and the Museum Notes 3. Culture: artefacts and disciplinary formation I. Culture precipitated 1890-1927 II. Nature and culture distinguished 1927-69 III. Culture consolidated 1969-90 IV. Conclusion: shaping disciplines Notes 4. Acquisition: collecting networks and the museum I. Foundation and empire II. The economy of donation III. Value for money? IV. The museum and the field V. Transfers and loans VI. Conclusion: the politics of acquisition Notes 5. Practice: technique and the lives of objects in the collection I. Preparing and conserving II. Recording and cataloguing III. Storing and displaying IV. Conclusion: towards a history of museum practice 6. Visitors: audiences and objects I. Organising the visitor II. Educating the visitor III. Town and gown IV. Involving the visitor V. The visitor experience VI. Conclusion: expanding the history of museums Notes Conclusion: the museum in the twentieth century Notes List of Archives Bibliography -- .ReviewsAuthor InformationSam Alberti is Lecturer in Art Gallery and Museum Studies at the Centre for Museology and Research Fellow at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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