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The Emergence of the Modern Museum, a unique compendium of original sources, presents a detailed and dynamic account of the development of the museum and its practices in Britain during a crucial period of formation. From poignant recollections of visits to stately homes to charged debates about the acquisition of the Elgin Marbles or the establishment of an Indian Museum; from early catalogue entries describing the curiosities discovered by Captain Cook to later ones organizing human skulls according to Darwinian principles-this volume offers a representative sample of the diverse, contentious, and often moving ideas that have shaped the modern institution. With original selections, thematic organization, and insightful critical apparatus, this collection makes newly available a wide range of material, including proposals for reform laid out in parliamentary papers, essays by influential theorists and curators, and firsthand accounts of museum-going in the popular press.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Emergence of the Modern Museum
• Author: Jonah Siegel
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404
• EAN: 9780199733576
• ISBN: 0199733570
• ID: 04036657
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 580 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 155 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. August 2009

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