Museer & museologi

Transforming Museums in the Twenty-first Century - Developing Museums for Visitor Involvement

In his book, Graham Black argues that museums must transform themselves if they are to remain relevant to 21st century audiences -- and this root and branch change would be necessary whether or not museums faced a funding crisis. It is the result ...

Kulturarvspolitik : Visby : från sliten småstad till medeltidsikon

Varför är det så viktigt att vårt kulturarv bevaras? Och vad får detta bevarande för konsekvenser? Provocerande frågor som Owe Ronström återkommer till i denna bok om Visby, om världsarv och om hur stadens ansikte förändrats från sliten småstad ti...

Tidresan : lek och fantasi som pedagogisk metod

Destination Culture - Tourism, Museums and Heritage

"Destination Culture" takes the reader on an eye-opening journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett explores the agency of display in a variety of settin...

Landskapsspejare

Fataburen 2011. Ett område sådant det uppfattas av människor så kan landskapet beskrivas. Landskapet är både natur och kultur och människans uppfattning är avgörande. I Nordiska museets och Skansens verksamhet är föreställningar om landskap och by...

Thinking About Exhibitions

An anthology of writings on exhibition practice from artists, critics, curators and art historians plus artist-curators. It addresses the contradictions posed by museum and gallery sited exhibitions, as well as investigating the challenge of stagi...

Museums and Education - Purpose, Pedagogy, Performance

At the beginning of the 21st century museums are challenged on a number of fronts. The prioritisation of learning in museums in the context of demands for social justice and cultural democracy combined with cultural policy based on economic ration...

Cabinets of Curiosities

All knowledge, the cosmos arranged on shelves, in cupboards, or hanging from the ceiling, 'infinite riches in a little room' such were the cabinets of curiosities of the 17th century. This survey, now available in "PLC", traces the amazi...

New Museums and the Making of Culture

In the last decade, museums all around the world have been reinventing themselves. They are now much more than scholarly, cultural archives. A remit to reach out to a broader public, the increasing politicization of the ownership and curation of o...

Våga vårda! : en handbok om vård av kulturhistoriska samlingar

Genom förebyggande vård kan man undvika skador på föremål och på så sätt slippa dyrbara konserveringsinsatser. Här får vi handfasta råd, enkla att ta till sig och att tillämpa. Om klimat, miljö, materialkunskap och hantering. Om vikten av ordning,...

Samtiden som kulturarv : svenska museers samtidsdokumentation 1975-2000 - svenska museers samtidsdokumentation 1975-2000; with an introduction and conclusion in english

Vad betyder det att vara människa? Hur kan det undersökas och beskrivas? Hur kan det förmedlas till andra människor, i andra rum och andra tider? Det är frågor som har drivit en generation svenska museimedarbetare ut på det samtida fältet. Sedan 1...

The Birth of the Museum - History, Theory, Politics

In a series of richly detailed case studies from Britian, Australia and North America, Tony Bennett investigates how nineteenth- and twentieth-century museums, fairs and exhibitions have organized their collections, and their visitors. Discussing ...

Museum Exhibition - Theory and Practice

This textbook considers exhibition development from an integrated approach from theory to practice. The study covers a range of exhibitions, collection care of exhibits, exhibition evaluation and administration, content and text development for ex...

Inside the White Cube - The Ideology of the Gallery Space

When these essays first appeared in "Artforum" in 1976, their impact was immediate. They were discussed, annotated, cited, collected, and translated - the three issues of "Artforum" in which they appeared have become nearly imp...

Museums Matter - In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum

The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational ...

Reinventing the Museum - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm Shift

Reinventing the Museum gathers 35 seminal articles reflecting over 100 years of dialogue within the musem community about what it means to be a high-quality, relevant institution. Important reading for museum professionals, students, and anyone in...

What Makes a Great Exhibition?

Rising attendance at museums and 'megashows' plus increased press coverage in the age of the international biennial and blockbuster has translated into a growing interest in how exhibitions are made. The new art histories and the curator...

Curator's Egg - The Evolution of the Museum Concept from the French Revolution to the Present Day

Nordiska museet : under 125 år

Utställningsrum

Från det tidiga 1900-talets avantgardekonst till det sena 1900-talets installationskonst kan man spåra en röd tråd som sätter utställningsbesökaren i centrum. Den dynamiska utvecklingen medförde också att fler estetiskt genomtänkta utställningar ä...