Science, magic and religion : the ritual processes of museum magic /
Bouquet, Mary,1955-
Porto, Nuno.
New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Science, magic and religion : the ritual processes of museum magic / Mary Bouquet and Nuno Porto -- Memorialising the future : the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester / Penelope Harvey -- Unwrapping mummies and telling their stories : Egyptian mummies in museum rhetoric / Anna Wieczorkiewicz -- Congo-vision / Barbara Saunders -- The scourge of Chief Kansabala : the ritual life of two Congolese masterpieces at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (1884-2001) / Boris Wastiau -- Paradise in the making at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam / Natasha Silva -- The natural magic of Monte San Giovanni : authority, authenticity and ritual in Sardinia / Tracey Heatherington -- The performance of heritage in a reconstructed, post-apartheid museum in Namibia / Ian Fairweather -- Haunted art : visiting an exhibit in Weimar / Barbara Wolbert -- Enchantment and its dilemmas : the museum as a ritual site / Sharon Macdonald.
Museum exhibits.
Museum theater.
Historic sites.
Museum techniques.
Rites and ceremonies
Ritual
Performing arts
Cultural property