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What Are Museums For?
Series: What Is It For?
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The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative? In this...
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See moreMuseums today are a cultural battleground. Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of everything they do. He uses museum objects from different museums to explore trust-building, representation, digital access, conflicting narratives, removal from display and restitution.
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The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative?
In this passionately argued book, Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of everything they do. But what does good inclusion look like in practice? Cleverly structured like a museum tour, What Are Museums For? uses seven illustrative museum objects from seven very different museums to explore such wide-ranging issues as trust-building, representation, digital access, conflicting narratives, removal from display and restitution.
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What Are Museums For?
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529231397
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 June 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Illustration: 10 Illustrations, black and white
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 166
About the Author
Jon Sleigh is a freelance arts and heritage Learning Curator, working nationally connecting audiences with artworks and collections for their advocacy. He was formerly Learning Officer for the Arts Council Collection based at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
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