New Museum Theory and Practice
Subtitle: An Introduction
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: September 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781405105583
Subjects: Museums & Museology; Political aspects; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Museum techniques; Business & Economics / Museum Administration & Museology; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Museum exhibits
First sentence: Most frequently compared to the temple or the cathedral, the museum is, in fact, closer in age to building types such as the prison, the railway station, or the department store.