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Museums and Biographies : Stories, Objects, Identities

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Museums and biographies both tell the stories of lives. This innovative collection examines for the first time biography - of individuals, objects and institutions - in relationship to the museum, casting new light on the many facets of museum history and theory, from the lives of prominent curators, to the context of museums of biography and autobiography. These articles offer new ways of thinking about museums and museum history, exploring how biography in and of the museum enriches museum stories by stressing the inter-related nature of lives of people, objects and institutions as part of a dense web of relationships. Through their widely ranging research, the contributors demonstrate the value of thinking about the stories told in and by museums, and the relationships which make up museums; and suggest new ways of undertaking and understanding museum biographies.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781843839613
  • ISBN-10: 184383961X
  • Publisher: Boydell Press
  • Publish Date: October 2014
  • Dimensions: 9.61 x 6.69 x 0.73 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.24 pounds
  • Page Count: 348

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