Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture

Name: Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture
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ISBN: 9780415086332

ISBN-10: 0415086337

ISBN-13: 9780415086332

Edition: 2000

Authors: Eilean Hooper-Greenhill

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This study focuses on objects and meaning in the museum. How do museum visitors interpret the collections they see on display and how are these interpretations influenced by the pedagogic approach taken by the museum?

Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/25/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgements



Culture and meaning in the museum



Picturing the ancestors and imag(in)ing the nation: the collections of the first decade of the National Portrait Gallery, London



Speaking for herself? Hinemihi and her discourses



Words and things: constructing narratives, constructing the self



Objects and interpretive processes



Exhibitions and interpretation: museum pedagogy and cultural change



The rebirth of the museum


Notes


Bibliography


Index