Scholars, travellers and trade
Subtitle: the pioneer years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-40
By: R.B. Halbertsma
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780203634547
Subjects: Museum Administration & Museology; Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden; REFERENCE; TRAVEL; General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Archaeologists; Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; Biography; History
Description: Throws new light on the process of creating a national museum, and the difficulties of convincing society of the value of the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Early collections of classical art in the Netherlands: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; title: C. J. C. Reuvens and the archaeological cabinet in Leiden, 1818; title: Collections and conflicts; title: The Greek collections of B. E. A. Rottiers; title: Jean Emile Humbert: the quest for Carthage; title: Station Livorno: the Etruscan and Egyptian collections; title: Forum Hadriani: digging behind the dunes; title: The ideal museum: dreams and reality; title: End of the pioneer years, 1835-40.