Te Papa
Subtitle: reinventing New Zealand's national museum, 1998-2018
By: Conal McCarthy
Publisher: Te Papa Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780995103153; 9780994136268
Subjects: History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Museum Administration & Museology; REFERENCE; General; TRAVEL; Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; Museum of New Zealand
Description: Published to mark 20 years since the landmark opening of Te Papa on 1998, this book by well-known museum studies academic Conal McCarthy examines the vision behind the museum, how it has evolved in the last two decades, and the particular way Te Papa goes about the business of being a national museum, with major history, natural history and art collections, in a nation with two Treaty partners.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Day One; 01. Getting to Day One; 02. A Guided Tour of the Museum; 03. What the Staff Intended ... and What the Critics Thought; 04. Biculturalism and Beyond; 05. the Museum at Work in 2017; 06. Learning from the First 20 Years; Appendices; Selected Highlights 1998-2017; Current Strategies and Values; Interviewees; Glossary; Notes; Image Credits; Acknowledgements; Index; Copyright