Museums, Objects and Collections: A Cultural Study (Leicester Museum Studies)

Susan M. Pearce

ISBN 10: 0718513320 / ISBN 13: 9780718513320

Published by Continuum International Publishing, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Museums, Objects and Collections: A Cultural Study (Leicester Museum Studies)
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718513320
• ISBN 13: 9780718513320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, the objects that form them, and the meaning interpreted from them. Pearce probes the reasons people collect and identifies three methods of collecting. The author considers how museum professionals set policies of collection management; acquire, study, and exhibit objects; and make meaning of the objects in their care.

About the Author

Susan M. Pearce is professor of museum studies and director of the department of museum studies at the University of Leicester. She is the editor of Museum Studies in Material Culture (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992), and the author of Archaeological Curatorship (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990) and On Collecting (1995).