Museum Making Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions |
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| Editor:
| Macleod, Suzanne
Hourston Hanks, Laura
Hale, Jonathan |
| Series title: | Museum Meanings Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-67603-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $75.99 |
Book Description:
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Over recent decades, many museums, galleries and historic sites around the world have enjoyed large-scale investment in their capital infrastructure, in building refurbishments and new gallery displays. The period has also seen the creation of a series of new purpose-built museums and galleries, and a fundamental reinvention in the design and shaping of museums. Museum Making: Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions explores this re-making through a focus on the inherently spatial...
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Over recent decades, many museums, galleries and historic sites around the world have enjoyed large-scale investment in their capital infrastructure, in building refurbishments and new gallery displays. The period has also seen the creation of a series of new purpose-built museums and galleries, and a fundamental reinvention in the design and shaping of museums. Museum Making: Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions explores this re-making through a focus on the inherently spatial character of narrative and storytelling and their potential to connect with human perception and imagination.