Transforming Museums
Subtitle: Mounting Queen Victoria in a Democratic South Africa
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781403974112
Subjects: Museums & Museology; Contemporary Politics - Africa; South Africa - History; Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Republic of South Africa; Art & Politics; General; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Africa - South - Republic of South Africa; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Government - General; Museums; Political aspects; Social aspects; Social change; South Africa
Description: "South African society has been refashioned since the first open elections were held in 1994; if democracy is the theory then transformation is the practice. This is apparent in the nation's museums, where collection and exhibition policies, staffs and audiences have been changed in fundamental ways. Such changes have impacted the range of these institutions, including those focusing on art, natural history and science, cultural history, local events, and military matters. Steven C. Dubin examines the various strategies museums have adopted to shed their former ideological biases and become more inclusive."--Jacket.