Nature and culture

Name: Nature and culture
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SKU: 9780719089039
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Objects, disciplines and the Manchester Museum

By Samuel Alberti

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Nature and Culture by Samuel Alberti delves into the history of the University of Manchester's Museum. The book explores twentieth-century collecting and display practices, examining how objects gain significance and knowledge in a museum context. It traces the museum's origins, development into a renowned institution, and its major expansion at the turn of the millennium, offering insights into the history of museums and the interactions between visitors and collections.
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This book is ideal for those interested in museum studies, cultural history, and the history of science, as well as educators and reference readers keen on understanding the evolution of museum practices and the cultural role of objects.

Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century. It explores natural and cultural objects in the Manchester Museum, a major university collection. How did these specimens come to be there? What happened to them in the collection, and who used them?

Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century.

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Newly available in paperback, this book takes the University of Manchester's Museum as its subject. By setting the museum in its cultural and intellectual contexts, Nature and Culture explores twentieth-century collecting and display, and the status of the object in the modern world.

Beginning with the origins of the Manchester Museum, accounting for its development as an internationally renowned university museum, and concluding at its major expansion at the turn of the millennium, this book casts new light on the history of museums.

How did objects become knowledge? Who encountered museum objects on their way to museums? What happened to collections within the museum? How did visitors use and respond to objects?

In answering these questions, Nature and Culture illuminates not only the history of one institution, but also contributes to wider discussions in the history of science, cultural history, and museology.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780719089039

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: Illustrations, black & white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Sam Alberti is Lecturer in Art Gallery and Museum Studies at the Centre for Museology and Research Fellow at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester