Museums, their history and their use. Volume II / David Murray.
Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | History of museums ;
4. |
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| Summary: | Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to the sphere of natural history in relation to museums. Similarly, Acland and Ruskin discuss and explore the relationships of art and architecture to museums. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (372 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781003100935 1003100937 9781040130018 1040130011 9781040130087 1040130089 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed May 24, 2024). |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Introduction by Susan M. Pearce, University of Leicester, Author, David Murray. |