Museums and their Communities

Sheila Watson

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Routledge
26 July 2007

Museums & museology; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

Using case studies drawn from all areas of museum studies, Museums and their Communities explores the museums as a site of representation, identity and memory, and considers how it can influence its community. Focusing on the museum as an institution, and its social and cultural setting, Sheila Watson examines how museums use their roles as informers and educators to empower, or to ignore, communities.

Looking at the current debates about the role of the museum, she considers contested values in museum functions and examines provision, power, ownership, responsibility, and institutional issues.

This book is of great relevance for all disciplines as it explores and questions the role of the museum in modern society.

Edited by: Sheila Watson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: v. 7
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.084kg
ISBN: 9780415402606
ISBN 10: 0415402603
Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 26 July 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Changing Roles of Museums Over Time and Current Challenges 2. Who Controls the Museum? 3. Museums and Identities 4. Communities Remembering and Forgetting 5. Challenges: Museums and Communities in the Twenty-First Century

Sheila Watson is a lecturer in the Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.