The Power of Touch

Handling Objects in Museum and Heritage Context

Elizabeth Pye

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English

Left Coast Press Inc
28 February 2008

Museums & museology

Series: UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications

Despite the fact that we have a range of senses with which to perceive the world around us, museums and other cultural institutions have traditionally used sight as the main way to convey information. In everyday life, though, we use touch constantly in conjunction with sight. Why, then, does it play so small a role in the study and enjoyment of museum objects? Contributors to this volume explore how the sense of touch can be utilized in cultural institutions to facilitate understanding and learning.

Edited by: Elizabeth Pye
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781598743036
ISBN 10: 1598743031
Series: UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 28 February 2008
Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Professional and scholarly , Children's (6-12) , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth Pye is Senior Lecturer at the University College London Institute of Archaeology. She coordinates the Institute's Heritage Studies Research Group and its masters program in conservation. She is editor of Caring for the Past: Issues in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums (2000)

Reviews for The Power of Touch: Handling Objects in Museum and Heritage Context

This collection of essays looks at not only the past and present of touch in museums, but also the future as new pathways are discussed through both tactical and virtual developments. As museums tiptoe carefully into a world where fuller access and transparency are the battle cries, The Power of Touch blazes forward into this arena. Though the ideas presented may be polemical, they are all certainly thought- and discussion- provoking and a conscientious reader may find plenty of reasons to change their stance on touch in a museum context. - -Katherine Weikert, Portland Art Museum and Registrars' Quarterly Offers the reader a range of ways to approach touch in museums and will appeal to museum professionals, students, artists, and groups who campaign for increased access. -- Sense and Society