Books in the Museum Meanings series

This volume deals with the way museum spaces - local, regional, national - have engaged with the history of migration, including internal migration, emigration and immigration. The book charts the developing body of research which concentrates on the analysis of the representation of migration in relation to the changing character of museums within society, examining their civic role and their function as key public arenas within civil society. Focusing on the way museums interact with processes of political and societal changes, it examines their agency and relationship to identity construction, community involvement, policy positions and discourses, but also ethics and moralities.

This volume deals with the way museum spaces - local, regional, national - have engaged with the history of migration, including internal migration, emigration and immigration. The book charts the developing body of research which concentrates on the analysis of the representation of migration in relation to the changing character of museums within society, examining their civic role and their function as key public arenas within civil society. Focusing on the way museums interact with processes of political and societal changes, it examines their agency and relationship to identity construction, community involvement, policy positions and discourses, but also ethics and moralities.

Museums, Society, Inequality brings together diverse perspectives from across the globe to explore the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum.

Over recent decades, many museums, galleries and historic sites around the world have enjoyed large-scale investment in their capital infrastructure; in building refurbishments and new gallery displays. The period has also seen the creation of a series of new purpose-built museums and galleries, and a fundamental reinvention in the design and shaping of museums. Museum Making: Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions explores this re-making through a focus on the inherently spatial character of narrative and storytelling and their potential to connect with human perception and imagination.

Explores the complex ways in which heritage actively contributes to the construction and representation of identities in contemporary societies, providing an account of the diverse conceptions of heritage and identity across different continents and cultures. This collection is suitable for those interested in heritage and museum studies.

Explores the complex ways in which heritage actively contributes to the construction and representation of identities in contemporary societies, providing an account of the diverse conceptions of heritage and identity across different continents and cultures. This collection is suitable for those interested in heritage and museum studies.

This volume considers in depth up-to-date approaches to museum communication - museums as media, museums and audience and the evaluation of museums.

Drawing together intensive case studies from an international group of scholars, the editors explore the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the imperial nation.

Collating the views of international museum professionals, architects, designers and academics, this book highlights the complexity and significance of museum space, studies recent developments in museum architecture and exhibition design.

This work examines the artistic production of imperial nations and their colonies and aims to show how it was affected by colonial contact. It also presents case studies of objects from India, China and Africa which were collected by or exhibited in the institutions of the British Empire.

Brings together the views of an international group of museum professionals, architects, designers and academics, highlights the complexity, significance and malleability of museum space, and provides reflections upon developments in museum architecture and exhibition design.

Museums, Society, Inequality brings together diverse perspectives from across the globe to explore the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum.

This volume considers in depth the most up-to-date approaches to museum communication - museums as media, museums and audience and the evaluation of museums.