The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics

by Tony Bennett

Book Overview

In a series of richly detailed case studies from Britian, Australia and North America, Tony Bennett investigates how nineteenth- and twentieth-century museums, fairs and exhibitions have organized their collections, and their visitors.

Discussing the historical development of museums alongside that of the fair and the international exhibition, Bennett sheds new light upon the relationship between modern forms of official and popular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415053889
• ISBN13: 9780415053884
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"