Fragments of the World

Uses of Museum Collections

Suzanne Keene

200 pages, parution le 22/08/2005

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During the past decade a number of individual museums have found imaginative ways of using their collections and of making them accessible. However, museum collections as a whole are enormous in size and quantity and the question of how can they can be put to best use is ever present. When conventional exhibitions can only ever utilise a tiny proportion of them, what other uses of the collections are possible? Will their exploitation and use now destroy their value for future generations? Should they simply be kept safely and as economically as possible as a resource for the future? Fragments of the World examines these questions, first reviewing the history of collecting and of collections, then discussing the ways in which the collections themselves are being used today. Case studies of leading examples from around the world illustrate the discussion. Bringing together the thinking about museum collections with case studies of the ways in which different types of collection are used, the book provides a roadmap for museums to make better use of this wonderful resource.

Audience
Museum professionals and museum studies students. Also conservators, heritage managers and policy makers

L'auteur - Suzanne Keene

Suzanne Keene, Independent consultant, and senior lecturer in Museum Studies at University College London.

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Introduction
History and background
The nature of collections
Collections for research
Collections for education
Collections for enjoyment
Collections and memory
Effects of the information age
The benefits of collections

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Butterworth-Heinemann
Auteur(s)	Suzanne Keene
Parution	22/08/2005
Nb. de pages	200
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	370g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750664721
ISBN13	978-0-7506-6472-1