Routledge Research in Museum Studies
About the Book Series
This series presents the latest research from right across the field of museum studies. It is not confined to any particular area, or school of thought, and seeks to provide coverage of a broad range of topics, theories and issues from around the world.
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The Personalization of the Museum Visit: Art Museums, Discourse, and Visitors
1st Edition
By Seph Rodney
December 18, 2020
The Personalization of the Museum Visit examines a fundamental shift in institutional behavior in museums located in the United States and the United Kingdom. Contending that art museums have moved toward a new paradigm of public engagement, it posits that modern museum visitors are treated as ...
The Private Collector's Museum: Public Good Versus Private Gain
1st Edition
By Georgina Walker
December 18, 2020
The Private Collector’s Museum connects the rising popularity of private museums with evolving models of collecting and philanthropy, and new inter-relationships between private and public space. It examines how contemporary collectors construct museums to frame themselves as cultural arbiters of ...
Museums as Cultures of Copies: The Crafting of Artefacts and Authenticity
1st Edition
Edited
By Brita Brenna, Hans Dam Christensen, Olav Hamran
September 30, 2020
Few institutions are warier of copies than museums. Few fields of knowledge are more prone to denounce copies as fake than the heritage field. Few discourses are as concerned with authenticity, aura, originals and provenance as those concerning exhibiting and collecting. So why is it that these are...
The Rise of the Must-See Exhibition: Blockbusters in Australian Museums and Galleries
1st Edition
By Anna Lawrenson, Chiara O'Reilly
September 30, 2020
Blockbuster exhibitions are ubiquitous fixtures in the cultural calendars of major museums and galleries worldwide. The Rise of the Must-See Exhibition charts their ascent across a diverse array of museums and galleries. The book positions these exhibits in the Australian cultural context, ...
Animals and Hunters in the Late Middle Ages: Evidence from the BnF MS fr. 616 of the Livre de chasse by Gaston Fébus
1st Edition
By Hannele Klemettilä
June 30, 2020
This book explores views of the natural world in the late Middle Ages, especially as expressed in Livre de chasse (Book of the Hunt), the most influential hunting book of the era. It shows that killing and maiming, suffering and the death of animals were not insignificant topics to late ...
Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology: Expert Curation at the Museums of the Smithsonian Institution
1st Edition
By Petrina Foti
June 30, 2020
Computer technology has transformed modern society, yet curators wishing to reflect those changes face difficult challenges in terms of both collecting and exhibiting. Collecting and Exhibiting Computer-Based Technology examines how curators at the history and technology museums of the Smithsonian ...
Global and World Art in the Practice of the University Museum
1st Edition
Edited
By Jane Chin Davidson, Sandra Esslinger
June 30, 2020
Global and World Art in the Practice of the University Museum provides new thinking on exhibitions of global art and world art in relation to university museums. Taking The Fowler Museum at UCLA, USA, as its central subject, this edited collection traces how university museum practices have ...
Museums and the Ancient Middle East: Curatorial Practice and Audiences
1st Edition
Edited
By Geoff Emberling, Lucas P. Petit
June 30, 2020
Museums and the Ancient Middle East is the first book to focus on contemporary exhibit practice in museums that present the ancient Middle East. Bringing together the latest thinking from a diverse and international group of leading curators, the book presents the views of those working in one ...
Public Art and Museums in Cultural Districts
1st Edition
By J. Lorente
June 30, 2020
Museums and public art have traditionally taken significantly different approaches to customer engagement, but throughout history they have also worked together in some urban contexts, notably as landmarks of so-called cultural districts. Public Art and Museums in Cultural Districts reviews their ...
Museum Thresholds: The Design and Media of Arrival
1st Edition
Edited
By Ross Parry, Ruth Page, Alex Moseley
February 25, 2020
Museum Thresholds is a progressive, interdisciplinary volume and the first to explore the importance and potential of entrance spaces for visitor experience. Bringing together an international collection of writers from different disciplines, the chapters in this volume offer different theoretical ...
Belgian Museums of the Great War: Politics, Memory, and Commerce
1st Edition
By Karen Shelby
December 12, 2019
Belgian Museums of the Great War: Politics, Memory, and Commerce examines the handling of the centennial of World War I by several museums along the Western Front in Flanders, Belgium. In the twenty-first century, the museum has become a strategic space for negotiating ownership of and access to ...
Museum Storage and Meaning: Tales from the Crypt
1st Edition
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By Mirjam Brusius, Kavita Singh
December 12, 2019
Beyond their often beautiful exhibition halls, many museums contain vast, hidden spaces in which objects may be stored, conserved, or processed. Museums can also include unseen archives, study rooms, and libraries which are inaccessible to the public. This collection of essays focuses on this ...