Lahav, Sylvia. 2023. Curating, Interpretation and Museums: When Attitude Becomes Form. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781032081410 [Book]

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Abstract or Description

Following a period of strategic and ideological change in museums, this book outlines new attitudes in curating and display, education and learning, text and interpretation, access, inclusion, participation, space, and the issues around the sustainability of the encyclopaedic collection.

Focused on the contemporary period, the author questions the extent to which the museum visitor has become reliant on interpretative text and examines the development of new museum spaces where visitor interaction and engagement is welcomed. Changes of attitude have transformed our museums into modern spaces that reflect current needs and modern expectations and yet our permanent collections remain relatively unchanged, sometimes an uncomfortable reminder of a time when values, ethics, and attitudes were very different. The author will discuss these conflicts of ideology.

Written by a researcher with expertise in museum practice, this shortform book offers a new approach that will be valuable reading for students and scholars of cultural management and policy, as well as providing insights for reflective museum practitioners.

Item Type:	Book
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003213130
Additional Information:	“This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in ‘Curating, Interpretation and Museums: When Attitude Becomes Form’ on 9 March 2023, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Curating-Interpretation-and-Museums-When-Attitude-Becomes-Form/Lahav/p/book/9781032081410. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.”
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Institute for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship (ICCE)
Date:	9 March 2023
Item ID:	36102
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2024 12:23
Last Modified:	07 May 2024 20:24
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/36102

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