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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher:
Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces o
Language: en
Pages: 527
Pages: 527
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-01 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
A Prospect Best Book of 2021 ‘A fascinating and timely book.’ William Boyd ‘Gripping…a must read.’ FT ‘Compelling…humane, reasonable, and ultimate
Language: en
Pages: 310
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-19 - Publisher: Cassell
"Probing, jargon-free and written with the pace of a detective story... [Procter] dissects western museum culture with such forensic fury that it might be diffi
Language: en
Pages: 153
Pages: 153
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-15 - Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
For quite some time now, ethnographic museums in Europe have been compelled to legitimate themselves. Their exhibition-making has become a topic of discussion,
Language: en
Pages: 454
Pages: 454
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Peoples of the Past
The British Museum is the oldest publicly funded museum in the world. This volume tells the story of the collections, the buildings that house them, and the peo