Voluntary Detours: Small-Town and Rural Museums in Alberta Volume 34

by Lianne McTavish

Book Overview

After visiting hundreds of museums across Alberta, Lianne McTavish chronicles some of the most challenging and unexpected sites where the idea of the museum is being reshaped. The concept of the visit as a "voluntary detour" encapsulates the way visitors travel along backroads to find small-town and rural museums, as well as the agreement to turn away from standard museum scripts when they arrive. Addressing themes of place, land, colonization, rurality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228008697
• ISBN13: 9780228008699
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 320 Pages