What goes on behind closed doors at museums? How are decisions about exhibitions made and who, or what, really makes them? Why are certain objects and styles of display chosen whilst others are rejected? This book answers these searching questions by giving a privileged look behind the scenes at the Science Museum in London.
What goes on behind closed doors at museums? How are decisions about exhibitions made and who, or what, really makes them? Why are certain objects and styles of display chosen whilst others are rejected? This book answers these searching questions by giving a privileged look behind the scenes at the Science Museum in London.
Sharon Macdonald, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
Inhaltsangabe
1 Admission: Going In 2 Cultural Revolution in South Kensington 3 A New Vision for the 21st Century: Rewriting the Museum 4 A 'Hot Potato' for a New Public: A 'Flagship' Exhibition on Food 5 'Reality Sets In': Managing and Materialising Dreams (and Negotiating Nightmares) 6 Virtual Consumers and Supermarket Science 7 Opening and Aftermath: Ritual, Reviews and Reflection 8 The Active Audience and the Politics of Appropriation 9 Behind and Beyond the Scenes
1 Admission: Going In 2 Cultural Revolution in South Kensington 3 A New Vision for the 21st Century: Rewriting the Museum 4 A 'Hot Potato' for a New Public: A 'Flagship' Exhibition on Food 5 'Reality Sets In': Managing and Materialising Dreams (and Negotiating Nightmares) 6 Virtual Consumers and Supermarket Science 7 Opening and Aftermath: Ritual, Reviews and Reflection 8 The Active Audience and the Politics of Appropriation 9 Behind and Beyond the Scenes
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