Exhibiting Scotland: Objects, Identity, and the National Museum

by Alima Bucciantini

In 1707 Scotland ceased to exist as an independent country and became part of Great Britain. Yet it never lost its distinct sense of identity, history, and politics. To preserve the country's unique antiquities and natural specimens, a Scottish earl founded the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780, at the beginning of the Enlightenment's museum boom. Now numbering twelve million objects and specimens and representing everything from archaeology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625343299
• ISBN13: 9781625343291
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"