The Thing about Museums: Objects and Experience, Representation and Contestation

By Amy Jane Barnes

Book Overview

The Things about Museums constitutes a unique, highly diverse collection of essays discussing how objects are constructed in museums, the ways in which visitors may directly experience those objects, how objects are utilised within particular representational strategies and forms, and the challenges and opportunities presented by using objects to communicate difficult and contested matters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081534676X
• ISBN13: 9780815346760
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"