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WELSH, PETER H. "Grasping Museums: Three New Museum Studies Anthologies:Grasping Museums: Three New Museum Studies Anthologies." Museum Anthropology 28, no. 1 (May 2005): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/mua.2005.28.1.67.1.
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Mulyana, Eldi, Alni Dahlena, and Slamet Nopharipaldi Rohman. "Strengthening Social Studies Learning Sources through Culture And History Of Yogyakarta Ulen Sentalu Museum." Journal Civics and Social Studies 6, no. 1 (June 6, 2022): 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31980/civicos.v6i1.1600.
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AbstractThe existence of culture and history in the museum as a place to store a collection of historical objects often gives the impression that the museum is an ancient, dark and unkempt building. Meanwhile, the new paradigm in museum management is that museums are no longer just a place to store historical objects, but need to present collections in attractive packaging so that visitors are interested in coming back to the museum. This research method is a qualitative method with interview data collection techniques, observation and documentation studies. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data presentation, data reduction and data verification. The results of this study are (1) the cultural and historical values of the ulen sentalu museum in attaching existing philosophical values, (2) cultural and historical values related to the rules of conduct in the museu ulen sentalu used as a source of social studies learning. Thus, it can be used as culture and history contained in the Ulen Sentalu museum and used as a source of social studies learning as part of educational literacy.Keywords : Ulen Sentalu Museum, Culture and History, Social Studies Learning Resource
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Figueiró, Belisa. "Museus e ciência: revisão dos estudos históricos e das instituições na Espanha." Transições 1, no. 2 (December 14, 2020): 195–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.56344/2675-4398.v1n2a202010.
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Este artigo propõe uma análise dos estudos históricos de pesquisadores espanhóis sobre a criação dos museus científicos na Espanha. Como método, aplica a revisão bibliográfica dos trabalhos publicados pela revista Arbor, os quais examinam o papel da ciência e da tecnologia não apenas no propósito de instauração das próprias instituições, mas também na restauração de obras e peças museológicas, com especial atenção ao Museu de Ciência e Tecnologia de Madri e ao Instituto San Isidro. Da mesma forma, este texto aborda a interação entre o público e os museus espanhóis, reconhecendo a perspectiva da museologia crítica como uma possibilidade de aproximação entre as escolas, os visitantes e os museus.
Abstract: This article analyzes the historical studies of Spanish researchers on the creation of science museums in Spain. As a method, it applies the bibliographic review of the works published by Arbor scientific journal, which examine the role of science and technology not only in the purpose of establishing this kind of institutions, but also in the restoration of works and museum pieces, with special attention on the National Museum of Science and Technology (Madrid) and San Isidro Institute. Likewise, this text talks about the interaction between the museums and its audience, recognizing the critical museology perspective as a possibility of bringing schools, visitors and museums together.
Keywords: Science museums. Critical museology. Spain. Restoration. History.
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Kuo, C. W., and Y. H. Yang. "The Bibliometric Analysis Of Literature On Museum Studies." ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences II-5/W3 (August 11, 2015): 159–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprsannals-ii-5-w3-159-2015.
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Museum studies, is the study of museums, museum curation, and how and why museums developed into their institutional role in education and culture through scientific, social, political and other related forces. The purpose of this study is to shed light on the application trends of the international literature related to museum studies on the SCIE, SSCI, and AHCI databases between 1995 and 2014 using a bibliometric technique and citation analysis. The results of this study reveal that influences of the literature related to museum studies on other subject areas continue to expand. Considering the publication of major countries, subject areas, journal and institutions, the results also discussed that the future trend through analysing most cited articles. Moreover, 12 core journal lists are identified by Bradford’s law.
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Sone, Enongene Mirabeau. "THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORAL LITERATURE AND MUSEUM STUDIES." Imbizo 7, no. 1 (February 24, 2017): 4–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2078-9785/1850.
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Oral literature and museums are intimately related to each other. While the former is an academic discipline, the latter is an institution. This article examines the historical background of the study of oral literature and the historical development of the museum so that the relationship between the two can be easily appreciated. The article argues that oral literature, as a form of folklore, can help to create good museums and that the museum, on the other hand, can contribute to the study of oral literature. This interrelationship, once appreciated by both oral literature scholars (folklorists) and museologists (museum scholars), will be of tremendous benefit to the study of oral literature as an academic discipline and to the development of more thematic museums, especially in Africa where oral literature is a dynamic aspect of societal life.
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Wilkens, Katharina, Christian Meyer, Anne Koch, Petra Tillessen, and Annette Wilke. "Museum in Context." Journal of Religion in Europe 4, no. 1 (2011): 71–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187489210x553502.
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AbstractIn using the critical term museality in aesthetics of religion, it is our aim in this article to reveal the socio-cultural embeddedness of museums in Western societies and beyond. To do this we draw on two distinct cultural and sociological models of society, dispositive theory and Luhmann's communicational systems theory. Dispositive theory allows us to include non-discursive practices and materialisations in the aesthetic analysis of religious identification strategies mediated through museums and exhibitions. The boundaries, environment and self-referentiality of the system museum are discussed with a view to the shifting place and visibility of religious and secular messages in museum contexts. The focus on museality leads beyond museums to discover object wanderings, religious re-interpretations and museum displays in a number of other socio-cultural fields.
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Juairiah, Juairiah. "Manajemen koleksi museum dan problematika pengelolaannya di Kalimantan Selatan pada era new normal." Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi 18, no. 2 (December 1, 2022): 204–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/bip.v18i2.4290.
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Introduction. Museum collection management is interesting to discuss because it is one of the main activities in museum management as an information institution with problems, especially in the new normal era of famous museums in South Kalimantan (Lambung Mangkurat Museum, Wasaka Museum, and Sultan Suriansyah Museum).
Research methods. This study uses a qualitative method by applying data collection techniques are: interviews, observations, and documents.
Data Analysis. The data analysis process includes data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions/verification.
Results and Discussion. In the new normal era, the Lambung Mangkurat Museum and Wasaka Museum have implemented the concept of museum collection management. In contrast, the Sultan Suriansyah Museum has not properly implemented the collection management concept. There were various problems in the management of museum collections and the solutions sought by each museum.
Conclusions and Suggestions. Lambung Mangkurat Museum, Wasaka Museum, and the Sultan Suriansyah Museum continue to manage museum collections in the new normal era according to their capacity. Therefore, it is recommended that the government pay more attention to coaching and competency development for museum collection managers and the need for an e-catalog system in all museums.
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Filová, Natália, Lea Rollová, and Zuzana Čerešňová. "Route options in inclusive museums: Case studies from Central Europe." Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU 27, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 12–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2022-0003.
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Abstract Museums are complex architectural works with many distinctive elements. One of the most significant museum features are routes or paths on which visitors circulate museums and perceive exhibitions. Children and people with special needs often have specific demands on physical accessibility of the surrounding environment, chronological arrangement of spaces and amount of information presented at a time. The arrangement of functional units in museum layouts affects wayfinding in space, understanding of the exhibition, as well as visitor guidance. The order in which people visit particular segments in a museum can also be described as one of the most important architectural and operational characteristics of this type of cultural buildings and areas. The article examines ways of arranging spaces in a museum building and the suitability of their application. These forms are evaluated based on various aspects; some of the created effects are studied, e.g. creation of a desired atmosphere. Existing concepts are compared and supplemented with other theoretical knowledge. The article aims to present variant suitable ways of composing routes that would meet the needs of different people, and bring them a quality leisure and educational experience from a museum tour. Various types of museum layout organisation and arrangement of exhibition spaces are illustrated with abstract schemes, as well as with specific case studies of five selected museums. The selection consists of architecturally exceptional and high-quality museums in Central Europe, which are able to attract a whole range of various groups of people including a younger audience. They are examples of both modern museums in this area and route planning options. The case studies highlight interesting local ideas, space concepts, routing methods, and also solutions for increasing inclusion of all visitors and children in particular.
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Serafini, Frank, and Danielle Rylak. "Representations of Museums and Museum Visits in Narrative Picturebooks." Libri et liberi 10, no. 1 (August 31, 2021): 45–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.21066/carcl.libri.10.1.3.
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Drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks to illuminate various aspects of visual and textual representations, this study analyses the ways museums, museum visits, and museum exhibits and activities are represented in contemporary narrative picturebooks featuring a child character going to a museum for a variety of reasons. Analysis of approximately fifty museum picturebooks using a multimodal content analysis tool led to the construction of findings in the following themes: representations of museums; representations of museum exhibits; museum visitors; reasons for museum visits; museum activities and events; children’s attitudes while visiting museums; and metaleptic transgressions in picturebook representations. The findings suggest the potential implications of these multimodal texts in the hands of teachers and young readers.
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Akhtamzyan, Nurlan Ildarovich, and Viktoria Viktorovna Chernenko. "Modern Technology Based Methodologies for Visitor Studies at the Museum Exposition." Общество: философия, история, культура, no. 10 (October 2020): 82–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.24158/fik.2020.10.15.
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In the second half of the 20th century, important changes took place in the relationship between the museum world and society, which led to appearance of new approaches in museum theory and practice. First of all, they affected the principles of interaction between museums and their audience. The evolve-ment of communication approach to museology, where a visitor is considered the main figure in mu-seum activity, dates back to this time. The peculiari-ties of museum audience behaviour were studied from the beginning of the 20th century. The exposi-tion is the main channel of communication between a museum and its visitors, therefore, the use of modern technical means that allow an objective as-sessment of the quality of such communication is a priority when studying the museum audience. Due to the development of technical progress by the beginning of the 21st century there is a possibility of using technological methods of qualitative and quantitative recording and analytics of main indica-tors of interrelation between museums and their target audience. The present research considers new technical means of studying specific features inher-ent to visitors behaviour at exhibitions (tracking, eye tracking, video analytics). Such studies have been carried out in some of Russian museums in recent years.
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Lawrence, Elizabeth. "Review Article: Museum Studies, Area Studies, and Museums in China." Museum and Society 14, no. 1 (June 9, 2017): 220–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/mas.v14i1.636.
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Wang (王苍柏), Cangbai. "Diaspora Museum." Journal of Chinese Overseas 18, no. 1 (March 18, 2022): 62–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341456.
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Abstract The existing research on Tan Kah Kee’s museum practices focuses mainly on how he developed museums as an educational institute to modernize China. This paper re-examines his contributions to China’s museum development from a longitudinal perspective and by adopting a transnational view. By contextualizing Tan’s museum exercises in his life experience as a Chinese migrant in British Malaya and through analyzing the architecture design, collection and audiences of his museums, it conceptualizes the museums built by Tan as “diaspora museum,” defined as a heritage-making space constructed through the interactions between Chinese diasporas and the Chinese homeland, produced by and producing a de-territorialized vision of nation and identity. In addition, based on this case study it argues that overseas Chinese opened up an alternative route to transmitting museology to China. Instead of transferring museum directly from Western countries, they acquired a knowledge of museum through encounters with mediated Western modernity in colonial Southeast Asia and then transmitted it (indirectly) to China. Tan’s museum endeavors laid the foundation of a “diasporic heritage-building” tradition that has had a long-lasting impact on museum development in China today and among the overseas Chinese communities.
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Hryhorevska, Olena. "Book Museums of the Kingdom of Belgium as a Space of Socio-Cultural Communication." Culture and Arts in the Modern World, no. 24 (September 22, 2023): 19–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31866/2410-1915.24.2023.287655.
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The aim of the article is to analyse the features of the development of socio-cultural space of two well-known book museums in the Kingdom of Belgium: the Royal Library of Belgium and the Wittockiana Museum; to focus on the methods of promoting the collections that form the basis of the museum holdings, information services, and educational programmes. Results. The Royal Library of Belgium is defined as a unique high-tech socio-cultural space where the cultural life of medieval Europe is explored through images, histories, and characters from the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy. The analysis of the museum’s website and blog materials leads to the conclusion that the national library takes its communication with user audiences very seriously. The Wittockiana is a museum of book art and bookbinding and an organiser of projects. The museum engages in diverse exhibitions, research, and educational activities. An interesting component of the museum’s socio-cultural space is the bookbinding workshop, which serves as a basis for educational projects. The scientific novelty of the study is that for the first time in the Ukrainian scientific discourse, the development of the socio-cultural space of contemporary European museums is considered using the example of the book museums of the Kingdom of Belgium. Conclusions. The successful formation and development of the socio-cultural space of contemporary European book museums is largely the result of persistent and multifaceted research activities of such institutions. The Royal Library of Belgium is a vivid example of the development of the “media” concept of a museum as a socio-cultural institution. The museum’s socio-communication space is developing in many areas, including the expert environment and public relations. The educational services of the Wittockiana Museum and the partner book workshop of the Royal Museum of Mariemont are considered as an experience worthy of in-depth study and implementation in Ukraine.
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Jones, Paul, and Suzanne MacLeod. "Museum Architecture Matters." Museum and Society 14, no. 1 (June 9, 2017): 207–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/mas.v14i1.635.
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Using a series of illustrative examples throughout, we make an argument for the inclusion of sociological studies of museum architecture in museum studies, as well as advocating a series of methodological positions for future research. In short, the aim here is to provide students of both the museum and architecture with a route into the field - as well as a preliminary bibliography - while making the case for the need for increased engagement with the physical material of museums. Drawing on the widened scope of analytical possibilities represented by contemporary sociological analyses of architecture and the built environment, the paper sets forward an understanding of museum architecture as having a complex and entangled relationship with the museum institution and the variety of users of such (both actual and potential). Developing a threefold typology with the polemic intention to encourage increased research engagement with museums’ architectural forms, the paper is motivated by a desire to both showcase and advocate for the wide scope of analytical possibilities associated with sociological analyses of museum architecture.Key words: sociology; museums; architecture; design; material culture.
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Šveb Dragija, Marta, and Daniela Angelina Jelinčić. "Can Museums Help Visitors Thrive? Review of Studies on Psychological Wellbeing in Museums." Behavioral Sciences 12, no. 11 (November 17, 2022): 458. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12110458.
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Museums are expected to prove their social value and ability to have a long-term social impact. Hence, in order to do so, museums, as experience hubs and the most-visited cultural attraction, may use their potential to offer experiences that could help visitors thrive by increasing their psychological wellbeing. Although psychological wellbeing has been a hot topic, the synthesized and holistic review of the literature on this theme has been lacking in regard to museums. Hence, we conducted an analysis using the PRISMA protocol to answer two research questions: (1) Can museums increase the visitor’s psychological wellbeing? (2) How can the museum experience be designed to enhance the psychological wellbeing of the visitors and how can that potentially be measured? The results showed that museums can enhance visitors’ and other stakeholders’ psychological wellbeing. This can be achieved by designing museum experiences that are attractive, comfortable (restorative), comprehensible, participative, innovative, and sustainable, relying on specific detailed guidelines provided in the article. The Museum Wellbeing Toolkit serves to measure the efficiency of the proposed guidelines in stimulating the psychological wellbeing of museum visitors. If backed by wellbeing policy frameworks, museums may increase their role in fostering psychological wellbeing. As wellbeing public policies have been rather rare to date, future research may explore the effects of the existing ones to provide recommendations for new developments on the topic.
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Macdonald, Sharon. "Museum Europe." Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 17, no. 2 (September 1, 2008): 47–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ajec.2008.170204.
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This article is concerned with some of the implications of the fact that Europe is so widely seen as a place replete with heritage, museums and memory, and also with the continuing expansion in numbers and types of heritage, museums and memory. It seeks to explore some of the ways in which heritage, in particular, is understood (including what it calls 'sticky heritage'), and especially the cultural and social work that it is often seen as able to do. To this end, the article reviews a number of trends in heritage developments, especially the diversification of what it calls 'Museum Europe' (e.g. in the establishment of museums or exhibitions about migration) and the kinds of citizenship that this mobilises. Some of the dilemmas as well as capacities of these developments are discussed. At the same time, the article reviews some of the directions in heritage research and the implications of this, and of 'Museum Europe' itself, for anthropology, ethnology and related disciplines.
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Meirmanova, G. A., and B. K. Baudiyarova. "VIRTUAL MUSEUM AND ITS PURPOSE." History of the Homeland 93, no. 1 (March 5, 2021): 192–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.51943/1814-6961_2021_1_192.
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In the article, the authors consider issues related to the study of the virtual museum,the definition of the virtual museum is revealed, its varieties and characteristic features are highlighted. Current trends and promising directions for further development are outlined. The classification of virtual museums from the point of view of cultural studies is given.The Virtual Museum of the History of communication has always been relevant in modern society. Worldwide, the demand for a digital museum is growing. The collections of virtual museums are represented by various sources – written, graphic (including 3D), audio and video sources. Most virtual museums display original images of text sources, but not in a machine-readable format. This approach significantly narrows the search capabilities of virtual museum information systems (the source cannot be found by the system itself). Similar problems arise with audio and video sources, because they do not have their own description or it is too small, despite the apparent value in the study. Overcoming these problems will improve the quality of generated resources, increase their information return, and increase the use of CG in classical research and education.The classification of virtual museums from the point of view of cultural studies is given. Virtual museums are products of the computer industry that provide free mass access to cultural heritage. It is noted that virtual museums have a significant potential for the preservation of cultural heritage objects created today. Virtual museums are a new cultural form with its own features and promising functions. Despite the fact that they are developed in Western countries, in Kazakhstan they have not yet really appeared and have not been studied at the academic level.
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Kaschak, Jennifer Cutsforth. "Museum Visits in Social Studies: The Role of a Methods Course." Social Studies Research and Practice 9, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 107–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ssrp-01-2014-b0005.
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Museum visits provide opportunities for students to learn content in engaging and interactive ways. In social studies, museums may be spaces where students can increase their historical and civic understanding through exposure to artifacts and narratives unavailable in classrooms. Yet, research suggests teachers are insufficiently prepared to integrate museum visits into classroom curriculum effectively. In this project, the instructors of the two secondary social studies methods course sections organized a visit to a natural history museum. The instructors modeled pre- and post-visit lesson activities during class and provided a guide for pre-service teachers to complete during their museum visit. While pre-service teachers reported they better understood the importance of connecting museum visits to classroom curriculum, they also raised questions about how methods course faculty might introduce pre-service teachers to museum visits. This article discusses what was learned during the project, as well as approaches social studies methods course instructors might reflect upon when considering museum visits as a component of social studies teacher education.
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Ray, Joyce. "Digital curation in museums." Library Hi Tech 35, no. 1 (March 20, 2017): 32–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lht-12-2016-0154.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a perspective on the development of digital curation education and practice in museums in the USA. Design/methodology/approach Methods used include: a historical overview of the development of digital curation, originally as a field of practice – primarily in the sciences – and then as a field of study; a case study of the adaptation of a digital curation curriculum (DigCCurr) framework developed in schools of library and information science (LIS) to a museum studies program; and a discussion of trends in digital curation practices in museums. Findings The case study (the digital curation certificate program of Johns Hopkins University’s museum studies program) describes a successful adaptation of the LIS DigCCurr framework in a museum studies program. Practical implications Findings could help to advance the museum field through the integration of digital curation education, practice and research. Social implications By adopting and supporting digital curation practices, education and research, museums can reach and engage more online users seeking information about museum collections. More online users may also become onsite visitors. Originality/value There is little existing literature on digital curation education in museum studies programs.
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Santos, Raquel, Ana Claro, Ana Serrano, Maria João Ferreira, and Jessica Hallett. "Textiles, Trade & Taste—Portugal and the World: A Project on the Global Circulation of Textiles and Dyes." Textile Museum Journal 47, no. 1 (2020): 187–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tmj.2020.a932820.
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Abstract: Textiles, Trade & Taste: Portugal and the World (TTT) is a project that aspires to bring new synergies to the field of textile studies by promoting different connections and interdisciplinary approaches involving art history, materials science, and conservation. The TTT research network is based at the Center for Humanities in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and organizes workshops, conferences, tours, and lectures in museums and research institutions. The network’s artistic and historical research has ranged from collating archival material to stylistic and iconographic studies, with the aim of placing textile objects in their historical, artistic, technological, and sociocultural contexts. Chemical analysis and characterization of dyes, textile fibers, and precious metal threads have provided important evidence for identifying the origins of raw materials and finished textiles, and for developing improved conservation treatments for their preservation for future generations. Recent research has examined the global circulation of dyes in the early modern period, especially reds, and also reconstructed the production and consumption of Indian, Chinese, and Portuguese embroideries and Islamic carpets. In 2011, TTT’s work led to the classification of three “Salting” carpets as national treasures in Portugal. The team members have collaborated with national and international museums, including Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga and Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon), as well as Abegg-Stiftung (Riggisberg), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Musée des Tissus, (Lyon), Museum für Islamische Kunst (Berlin), Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK) (Vienna), Rietberg Museum (Zürich), Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.), National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), and Victoria and Albert Museum (London). The team’s art historians contributed to the platform “Museum With No Frontiers” to develop the online exhibition Discover Carpet Art involving Portuguese museums. TTT’s scientists have strong links with the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C.), University of Zaragoza (Spain), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort), and the University of Amsterdam. We have been encouraged by the positive response of the international community to the results of our initial research projects.
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Whittington, Vanessa. "Decolonising the museum?" Culture Unbound 13, no. 2 (February 8, 2022): 245–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.3296.
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As institutions that arose during the European age of imperial expansion to glorify and display the achievements of empire, museums have historically been deeply implicated in the colonial enterprise. However if we understand coloniality not as a residue of the age of imperialism, but rather an ongoing structural feature of global dynamics, the challenge faced by museums in decolonising their practice must be viewed as ongoing. This is the case not just in former centres of empire, but in settler-colonial nations such as Australia, where “the colonisers did not go home” (Moreton-Robinson 2015: 10). As a white, Western institution, a number of arguably intrinsic features of the museum represent a significant challenge to decolonisation, including the traditional museum practices and values evinced by the universal museum. Using a number of case studies, this paper considers the extent to which mainstream museums in Australia, Britain and Europe have been able to change their practices to become more consultative and inclusive of Black and Indigenous peoples. Not only this, it discusses approaches that extend beyond a politics of inclusion to ask whether museums have been prepared to hand over representational power, by giving control of exhibitions to Black and Indigenous communities. Given the challenges posed by traditional museum values and practices, such as the strong preference of the universal museum to maintain intact collections, this paper asks whether community museums and cultural centres located within Indigenous communities may represent viable alternative models. The role of the Uluru Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre in Australia’s Northern Territory is considered in this light, including whether Traditional Custodians are able to exert control over visitor interpretation offered by this jointly managed centre to ensure that contentious aspects of Australian history are included within the interpretation. As institutions that arose during the European age of imperial expansion to glorify and display the achievements of empire, museums have historically been deeply implicated in the colonial enterprise. However if we understand coloniality not as a residue of the age of imperialism, but rather an ongoing structural feature of global dynamics, the challenge faced by museums in decolonising their practice must be viewed as ongoing. This is the case not just in former centres of empire, but in settler-colonial nations such as Australia, where “the colonisers did not go home” (Moreton-Robinson 2015: 10). As a white, Western institution, a number of arguably intrinsic features of the museum represent a significant challenge to decolonisation, including the traditional museum practices and values evinced by the universal museum. Using a number of case studies, this paper considers the extent to which mainstream museums in Australia, Britain and Europe have been able to change their practices to become more consultative and inclusive of Black and Indigenous peoples. Not only this, it discusses approaches that extend beyond a politics of inclusion to ask whether museums have been prepared to hand over representational power, by giving control of exhibitions to Black and Indigenous communities. Given the challenges posed by traditional museum values and practices, such as the strong preference of the universal museum to maintain intact collections, this paper asks whether community museums and cultural centres located within Indigenous communities may represent viable alternative models. The role of the Uluru Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre in Australia’s Northern Territory is considered in this light, including whether Traditional Custodians are able to exert control over visitor interpretation offered by this jointly managed centre to ensure that contentious aspects of Australian history are included within the interpretation. As institutions that arose during the European age of imperial expansion to glorify and display the achievements of empire, museums have historically been deeply implicated in the colonial enterprise. However if we understand coloniality not as a residue of the age of imperialism, but rather an ongoing structural feature of global dynamics, the challenge faced by museums in decolonising their practice must be viewed as ongoing. This is the case not just in former centres of empire, but in settler-colonial nations such as Australia, where “the colonisers did not go home” (Moreton-Robinson 2015: 10). As a white, Western institution, a number of arguably intrinsic features of the museum represent a significant challenge to decolonisation, including the traditional museum practices and values evinced by the universal museum. Using a number of case studies, this paper considers the extent to which mainstream museums in Australia, Britain and Europe have been able to change their practices to become more consultative and inclusive of Black and Indigenous peoples. Not only this, it discusses approaches that extend beyond a politics of inclusion to ask whether museums have been prepared to hand over representational power, by giving control of exhibitions to Black and Indigenous communities. Given the challenges posed by traditional museum values and practices, such as the strong preference of the universal museum to maintain intact collections, this paper asks whether community museums and cultural centres located within Indigenous communities may represent viable alternative models. The role of the Uluru Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre in Australia’s Northern Territory is considered in this light, including whether Traditional Custodians are able to exert control over visitor interpretation offered by this jointly managed centre to ensure that contentious aspects of Australian history are included within the interpretation. As institutions that arose during the European age of imperial expansion to glorify and display the achievements of empire, museums have historically been deeply implicated in the colonial enterprise. However if we understand coloniality not as a residue of the age of imperialism, but rather an ongoing structural feature of global dynamics, the challenge faced by museums in decolonising their practice must be viewed as ongoing. This is the case not just in former centres of empire, but in settler-colonial nations such as Australia, where “the colonisers did not go home” (Moreton-Robinson 2015: 10). As a white, Western institution, a number of arguably intrinsic features of the museum represent a significant challenge to decolonisation, including the traditional museum practices and values evinced by the universal museum. Using a number of case studies, this paper considers the extent to which mainstream museums in Australia, Britain and Europe have been able to change their practices to become more consultative and inclusive of Black and Indigenous peoples. Not only this, it discusses approaches that extend beyond a politics of inclusion to ask whether museums have been prepared to hand over representational power, by giving control of exhibitions to Black and Indigenous communities. Given the challenges posed by traditional museum values and practices, such as the strong preference of the universal museum to maintain intact collections, this paper asks whether community museums and cultural centres located within Indigenous communities may represent viable alternative models. The role of the Uluru Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre in Australia’s Northern Territory is considered in this light, including whether Traditional Custodians are able to exert control over visitor interpretation offered by this jointly managed centre to ensure that contentious aspects of Australian history are included within the interpretation.
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Latham, Kiersten F., and John E. Simmons. "Whither Museum Studies?" Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 60, no. 2 (March 2019): 102–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jelis.2018-0050.
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McCLELLAN, ANDREW. "MUSEUM STUDIES NOW." Art History 30, no. 4 (December 12, 2007): 566–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8365.2007.00563.x.
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Tortorici, Zeb. "Queer Museum Studies." GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 24, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 162–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/10642684-4254576.
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Hakiwai, Arapata, and Paul Diamond. "Plenary: The legacy of museum ethnography for indigenous people today - case studies from Aotearoa/New Zealand." Museum and Society 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 107–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/mas.v13i1.320.
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The following plenary took place at the seminar ‘Reassembling the material: A research seminar on museums, fieldwork anthropology and indigenous agency’ held in November 2012 at Te Herenga Waka marae, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. In the papers, indigenous scholars and museum professionals presented a mix of past legacies and contemporary initiatives which illustrated the evolving relations between Māori people, and museums and other cultural heritage institutions in New Zealand. Whereas most of the papers at this seminar, and the articles in this special issue, are focused on the history of ethnology, museums, and government, between about 1900 and 1940, this section brings the analysis up to the present day, and considers the legacy of the indigenous engagement with museums and fieldwork anthropology for contemporary museum practice. What do the findings, which show active and extensive indigenous engagements with museums and fieldwork, mean for indigenous museum professionals and communities today?
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Brugar, Kristy A. "Thinking Beyond Field Trips: An Analysis of Museums and Social Studies Learners." Social Studies Research and Practice 7, no. 2 (July 1, 2012): 32–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ssrp-02-2012-b0003.
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This study describes and explains the ways in which three urban cultural institutions/museums provide opportunities to students for learning in the social studies. Through interviews, observations, and a content analysis of museum-produced materials, I examine the opportunities for various audiences (elementary, middle, and high school students) to engage with, and utilize, museum resources to facilitate meaningful social studies learning. This article includes a discussion of state standards, field trips, and use of technology to engage social studies learners. This study has implications for both classroom and museum-based educators.
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Ra, Jiin, and Min Lee. "A Study on the Characteristics of Regional Program in University Museum." Korean Society of Culture and Convergence 45, no. 7 (July 31, 2023): 643–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.33645/cnc.2023.07.45.07.643.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the current status and characteristics of university museum programs in order to revitalize regional links between university museums. Four university museums established before 1954 (Yonsei University Museum, Korea University Museum, Ewha Women's University Museum, and Seoul National University Museum) were selected as research subjects. The result proves that all four university museums recognize the importance of regional linkages and have conducted programs that pursue regional linkages for local residents, however, there were limits in diversity of the programs that they were mostly focused on specific frames. In the further follow-up studies, measures to strengthen locality are expected to be sought through the development of regional linkage programs by the university museum.
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Luepken, Anja. "Politics of Representation—Normativity in Museum Practice." Journal of Religion in Europe 4, no. 1 (2011): 157–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187489210x553548.
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AbstractThis article explores the relevance of normativity for the critical term 'museality.' The normative structures that become visible in museum practice are outlined in connection with the practice of appropriation. The relations between museum practice and the ruling paradigm of incumbent political systems are shown as strategies of legitimization. An additional focus is laid on the blurred boundaries between museums and temples. Finally, the 'ethization' of museums in recent decades is discussed. It is shown that normativity is a central aspect of museality, being correlated to all its facets.
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Tythacott, Louise. "Curating the Sacred: Exhibiting Buddhism at the World Museum Liverpool." Buddhist Studies Review 34, no. 1 (September 11, 2017): 115–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.29020.
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This article explores issues involved in representing Buddhism in museums, drawing on the author’s experience of curating the Buddhism display at the World Museum Liverpool. It is concerned with processes of de-contextualization and re-contextualization, focussing on whether sacred images become divested of their religious functions once they enter a museum or if, instead, the gallery can be considered an alternative arena for contemplation. The article begins by reviewing the literature on museums and the sacred. It discusses the lack of concern historically for religion in museums, noting how sacred objects have tended to be ‘secularized’ in exhibitionary contexts. It then examines the Buddhism display at the World Museum Liverpool, part of the permanent World Cultures gallery which opened in 2005, with its reconstructions of a shrine, an altar and a protective chapel — this is a museological environment which deliberately evokes the atmosphere of a temple.
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Sabadash, Juliia, and Nataliia Marakhovska. "Training of museum studies experts and educators: design and implementation of the integrated certificate programme." Bulletin of Mariupol State University Series Philosophy culture studies sociology 12, no. 23 (2022): 110–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.34079/2226-2849-2022-12-23-110-120.
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The aim of the study is to explore the peculiarities of obtaining the qualification of a museum studies expert and educator by higher education seekers within the framework of the integrated certificate program “Museum pedagogy”. The article describes domestic and foreign experience of training specialists for the integrated field of museum pedagogy. The analysis of the scientific literature shows that while defining a museum educator researchers give primary importance either to museum or pedagogical component of their work. Therefore, the authors provide a comprehensive definition for a specialist in the field of museum pedagogy in the paper. It is shown that a museum studies expert and educator is able to combine cultural and pedagogical expertise and skills, develop teaching technologies through museums, design a museum-educational environment, experiment with museum and pedagogical methods and techniques. The content of the two-year certificate programme designed and implemented on the basis of Mariupol State University is comprised of ten three-credit academic disciplines, inter alia,“Museum Studies”, “History of Arts”, “Cultural Studies”, “Preservation of Historical Monuments of Ukraine”, “Practicum on Perception of Contemporary Art”, “Modern Museum Communications”, “Museum Didactics”, “Methodology of Museum Education”, “Art Pedagogy” and “Pedagogical Practicum”. In the focus of the programme are: acquisition of theoretical knowledge in museum studies, familiarisation with museum development in Ukraine and all over the world; enhancing the understanding of cultural and art orientations; development of skills to design and organise the educational process in institutions of general secondary education by means of museum pedagogy, and create a museum-educational environment. The paper gives rationale for the core competencies for a prospective museum studies expert and educator, enumerates the learning outcomes of the integrated certificate programme. The authors provide the requirements for text and visual content of the programme presentation.
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Sladojević, Ana. "Ideologija prostora i vremena i prostor-vreme muzeja / Ideology of Space and Time and Space-Time of Museum." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, no. 2 (December 15, 2012): 83–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i2.26.
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In this paper I postulate that museum, as the image of the world, functions according to principles formed around ideological constructs of time and space. I problematize terms of heterotopias and multiple chronotope, used in museum context, interpreting them as ideological, derived from the Western epistemological frame. Although conclusions in this paper can be applied to museum as such, focus is primarily upon museums that represent the so called non-European objects or topics. The approach is interdisciplinary, interrelating cultural studies, postcolonial theory, museum studies and African studies.
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McCarthy, Conal, and Alison K. Brown. "Editorial." Museum Worlds 11, no. 1 (July 1, 2023): vii—viii. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/armw.2023.110101.
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In the editorial for the last issue of Museum Worlds we commented on the growth of museums in every part of the world, and the allied expansion of museum studies. Both of us teach museum studies in our respective universities and are very well aware that the next generation of museum professionals is deeply committed to developing a curatorial practice that is engaged, ethically grounded, creative, and diverse. Our students regularly tell us that they are eager to learn from colleagues in all parts of the world and see this as an essential component of their professional development and their ability to critique what museums are and might be. As such, we are pleased in this issue to include reports, reviews, and articles from an enormous range of countries, and are especially pleased to publish the work of early career professionals alongside that of established colleagues. Taken together, we believe the projects, exhibitions, books, and other museum-based activities highlighted in this issue are a good indicator of the vitality of the field of museum studies, even in such challenging times.
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Vieira, Ana Carolina Maciel, Mariana Gonzalez Leandro Novaes, Juliana Da Silva Matos, Ana Carolina Gelmini Faria, Deusana Maria da Costa Machado, and Luiza Corral Martins de Oliveira Ponciano. "A contribuição dos museus para a institucionalização e difusão da paleontologia." Anuário do Instituto de Geociências 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 158–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/2007_1_158-167.
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Since the calls "cabinets of curiosities", the essence of natural history was consolidating itself with the birth of the museums and the development of the Museums of Natural History. This consolidation was reached through following activities: expeditions, field trips, collection classification works, catalogues of diffusion of scientific knowledge, educativ activities and expositions. The present paper intends to discuss the importance of the museal institutions for the studies of Paleontology; since the museums of Natural History had exerted a pioneering paper in the institutionalization of certain areas of knowledge, as Palaeontology, Anthropology and Experimental Physiology, in Brazil. The Paleontological studies in museums had collaborated in the specialization and modernization of the appearance of "new museum idea". As this new concept the museum is a space of diffusion of scientific knowledge, represented as an object that reflects the identity of the society without an obligator linking with physical constructions. However, the Brazilian museums have been sufficiently obsolete, with problems that involve acquisition and maintenance of collections to production of temporary or permanent exhibitions. When the Brazilian institutions of natural history are analyzed they are not organized on the new museum conception and the digital age as the North American and European ones. Despite the difficulties found by the Museums since its birth as Institution in the 18th century, the contemporary development of Museology and Palaeontology as Science had contributed for the consolidation and institutionalization of both, helping the diffusion of scientific knowledge.
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Ivanysko, Svitlana, and Pavlo Shydlovskyi. "Review of the textbook ‘Introduction to Museum Studies and Monument Studies’." Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Series in Museology and Monumental Studies 4, no. 1-2 (December 28, 2021): 79–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.31866/2617-7943.4.1-2.2021.249081.
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Introduction to Museum and Monument Studies book edited by Professor Olena Honcharova, DSc in Cultural Studies, and Associate Professor Serhii Pustovalov, DSc in History, is devoted to topical issues of museum and monument protection, museum studies history and theory, museum staff archaeology training, legislative support for the museum industry, examination of historical and cultural values; presents the views of leading Ukrainian and world scientists and experts on solving current problems in this area. The book is addressed to students, graduate students of field-oriented higher education institutions, museum and heritage conservation staff. For the first time, the textbook comprehensively provides the basics of both programme subject area components: museum studies and monument studies.
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Ivanov, D. V. "Archival data on Historical locations of the Asiatic Museum in the Kunstkamera building." Orientalistica 5, no. 3 (September 29, 2022): 632–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2022-5-3-632-642.
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The Asiatic Museum was the first specialized research centre for oriental studies in Imperial Russia. The successors of the Asiatic Museum are nowadays the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) and the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). The Asiatic Museum collection of coins was subsequently transferred to the State Hermitage and the collections of ethnographic artefacts were embedded into the collections of what is nowadays Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Studying the history of the Asiatic Museum is therefore significant both for the history of oriental studies and the history of museums and special collections in Russia. The archival holdingds reveal that in the 1820s the Asiatic Museum collections were allocated in the west wing of the present Kunstkamera building and occupied only five rooms in the first floor. In the 1830s some of the Russian museums were reformed. The Asiatic Museum had to change its location: it occupied a hall in the first floor in the Kunstkamera. Later, in 1837, the items, which belonged to the ethnographic collection were transferred to the newly established Ethnographic Museum of the Academy of Sciences. Now they form an integral part of the collections of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera).
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Roque, Maria Isabel. "Ecclesiastical Museums and the Pontifical Letter on Its Pastoral Functions." Religions 14, no. 1 (January 10, 2023): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14010096.
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The Catholic Church arrogates a long tradition of protecting and using heritage to complement its evangelisation ministry from the medieval ecclesiastical treasures included in museology proto-history. While these treasures have adopted museographic features, other typologies of ecclesiastical museums have appeared, demanding regulations that could orient their activities. After the Second Vatican Council, the Church became increasingly focused on guaranteeing a worthy destination for the objects left over from worship. In 2001, the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church published the Circular Letter The pastoral function of ecclesiastical museums, establishing that the ecclesiastical museum is an adequate solution for these objects, keeping them close to the cultural group of origin and providing continuity to its original catechetical function. Two decades later, a critical analysis of the Letter is proposed in the theoretical frame of museum studies. Considering the recovery object’s original meaning in the museum discourse, the connection to territory, and the interaction with the plural and heterogeneous audience, the conformity of the Letter with the museum theory is underlined. With a focus on its general accuracy, the aim of this study is to evaluate how the Letter remains actualised and adapted to contemporaneity in addition to the challenges and transformations now faced by museums.
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Taylor, Evan. "Museums Narrating the Nation: Case Studies from Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina." University of Western Ontario Journal of Anthropology 25, no. 1 (March 30, 2023): 72–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.5206/uwoja.v25i1.16030.
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A museum that represents a community’s history and culture has the ability to influence visitors’ perceptions of that community in the present. In this paper, museums in Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina are examined as case studies to better understand how museums narrate national identity to visitors, both domestic and international. Critical analysis of exhibits reveals that museum narratives often project the image of singular national identities. Meanwhile, they may deny the history of place of other contemporary or historic communities. In Greece, museums project a ‘Greek’ identity based on Classical, Byzantine, and post-Ottoman history. Museums in Bosnia-Herzegovina emphasize a unifying, shared history of the state’s three main ethnic communities without recognizing the profound differences felt between these communities today. These institutions encourage visitors to imagine the nation in a singular manner, without recognizing contemporary or historic diversity. Through these case studies, I interrogate the role of national museums in contemporary society, and consider the implications of transforming representational practices.
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Yoshimura, Yuji, Anne Krebs, and Carlo Ratti. "Network science for museums." PLOS ONE 19, no. 3 (March 29, 2024): e0300957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300957.
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This paper introduces network science to museum studies. The spatial structure of the museum and the exhibit display largely determine what visitors see and in which order, thereby shaping their visit experience. Despite the importance of spatial properties in museum studies, few scientific tools have been developed to analyze and compare the results across museums. This paper introduces the six habitually used network science indices and assesses their applicability to museum studies. Network science is an empirical research field that focuses on analyzing the relationships between components in an attempt to understand how individual behaviors can be converted into collective behaviors. By taking the museum and the visitors as the network, this methodology could reveal unknown aspects of museum functions and visitor behavior, which could enhance exhibition knowledge and lead to better methods for creating museum narratives along the routes.
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Prabowo, Mohammad Rikaz, and Supardi Supardi. "Pemanfaatan Museum dan Situs Cagar Budaya di Pontianak Sebagai Sumber Belajar Sejarah Indonesia." Criksetra: Jurnal Pendidikan Sejarah 11, no. 1 (February 26, 2022): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.36706/jc.v11i1.14704.
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Abstrak: Pembelajaran sejarah akan lebih bermakna jika peserta didik dapat merasakan langsung pengalaman belajarnya. Salah satunya dengan melakukan edukasi di museum. Permasalahan penelitian ini yaitu bagaimana pemanfaatan museum dan cagar budaya di Pontianak. Adapun tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan pemanfaatan museum dan cagar budaya serta kesesuaiannya dalam materi pada mata pelajaran sejarah. Metode yang digunakan yaitu deskriptif kualitatif melalui studi kepustakaan yang berkaitan dengan topik yang dipilih. Hasil penelitian yaitu Pertama, museum dapat menambah wawasan pengetahuan dan perjalanan bangsa, rasa cinta tanah air, serta patriotisme peserta didik. Musuem dan cagar budaya sebagai sumber belajar alternatif, mengimbangi keterbatasan belajar di kelas. Keduanya dapat membuka cakrawala peserta didik melihat dan menghayati kehidupan serta peninggalan sejarah di masa lalu secara nyata. Kedua, museum dan cagar budata di Pontianak yang dapat dijadikan sumber belajar sejarah antara lain Museum Provinsi Kalimantan Barat dan Keraton Kadriyah Kesultanan Pontianak. Ketiga, pada Museum Provinsi terdapat koleksi geologikan, arkeologika, historika, dan benda-benda bersejarah hasil kebudayaan pra-aksara hingga masa islam. Hal ini mendukung sebagai sumber belajar sejarah dan berkorelasi dengan materi. Sedangkan Keraton Kadriyah keberadaannya dapat memperdalam khazanah keilmuan peserta didik mengenai materi pada masa kesultanan-kesultanan Islam di Kalimantan. Terdapat pula Masjid Jami’ yang memadukan gaya arsitektur rumah melayu dan timur tengah sebagai hasil kebudayaan bangunan masa Islam.Kata Kunci: Museum, Cagar Budaya, Sumber Belajar, Pontianak.Abstract: Historical learning will be more meaningful if learners can feel the learning experience directly. One of them is by doing education in the museum. The problem of this research is how to use museums and cultural reserves in Pontianak. The purpose of this study is to describe the use of museums and cultural reserves and their suitability in materials in historical subjects. The method used is qualitative descriptive through literature studies related to the chosen topic. The results of the research are first, the museum can add insight into the knowledge and journey of the nation, the love of the homeland, and the patriotism of learners. Musuem and cultural heritage as alternative learning resources, offsetting the limitations of learning in the classroom. Both can open the horizons of learners to see and live life and historical relics in the past for real. Second, budata museums and reserves in Pontianak that can be used as sources of historical learning include the West Kalimantan Provincial Museum and the Kadriyah Palace of the Pontianak Sultanate. Third, in the Provincial Museum there is a collection of geology, archaeology, history, and historical objects produced by pre-script culture until the islamic period. It is supportive as a source of historical learning and correlates with matter. While the Kadriyah Palace its existence can deepen the scientific treasures of learners about the material during the Islamic sultanates in Kalimantan. There is also Jami' Mosque which combines the architectural style of Malay and Middle Eastern houses as a result of Islamic building culture. Keywords: Museums, Cultural Heritage, Learning Resources, Pontianak.
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MANFREDI, MARINA. "nr="59"Professional Museum Translators for Promoting Multilingualism and Accessible Texts: Translation Practices in Some Italian Museums and a Proposal." Journal of Translation Studies 1, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 59–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/jts012021.5.
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Abstract This article examines the role of museum translation in the contemporary world. More specifically, the paper advocates linguistic “accessibility” for museum target texts, focusing on a case study of three Italian museums. Combining a qualitative context-oriented methodology and a theoretical approach, the paper draws on interviews with museum professionals in the city of Bologna, Italy, and puts forward a proposal for a linguistic training of professional museum translators who can tackle the challenge posed by multifunctional texts. The findings suggest that, although translation is recognized by translation-related staff as a crucial activity in the internationalization of museums, translation practices are not systematic. Exploiting interdisciplinary connections between Translation Studies and Systemic Functional Linguistics, interfacing with Museum Studies, the paper argues that an effective, “accessible” and “inclusive” museum text may be produced by a linguistically trained translator who is capable of conveying, in a different language, the “organizational”, “interactional” and “representational” functions (Ravelli 2006) which are interlocked in a museum text. Authentic examples from panels and exhibit labels will be offered, dealing with the Italian-English language pair.
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Vinnik, Mikhail Anatolevich, Oleg Petrovich Ivanov, Anastasiia Aleksandrovna Kosnyreva, and Elena Mikhailovna Kirilishina. "The prospects of multimedia learning within science museums." Moscow University Pedagogical Education Bulletin, no. 2 (June 29, 2018): 89–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.51314/2073-2635-2018-2-89-99.
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The paper studies modern science museums peculiarities in general and in the Earth Science Museum at Moscow State University in particular. Some advantages of learning within expositions of scientific museums are highlighted. Prospects of multimedia learning in general and in museum issues in particular are outlined.
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Ferres, Kay. "Cities and Museums: Introduction." Queensland Review 12, no. 1 (January 2005): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1321816600003846.
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In September 2004, the Museum of Brisbane, Museums Australia and the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas at Griffith University hosted a symposium, ‘Cities and Museums’, at the university's Southbank campus. This event initiated a conversation among museum professionals and academics from across Australia. Nick Winterbotham, from Leeds City Museum, and Morag Macpherson, from Glasgow's Open Museum, and were keynote speakers. Their papers provided perspectives on museum policy and practice in the United Kingdom and Europe, and demonstrated how museums can contribute to urban and cultural regeneration. Those papers are available on the Museum of Brisbane website (www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/MoB). The Cities and Musuems section in this issue of Queensland Review brings together papers that explore the relationship of cities and museums across global, national and local Brisbane contexts, and from diverse disciplinary perspectives. The disciplines represented in this selection of papers from the symposium include social history, urban studies, literary fiction, and heritage and cultural policy.
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Oreshina, Yulia. "Useful Sites of Memory: Jewish Museums in Belgrade and Sarajevo." Tirosh. Jewish, Slavic & Oriental Studies 18 (2018): 237–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.31168/2658-3380.2018.18.5.2.
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Understanding museum as a tool of mediation, premediation and remediation of cultural memory, I focus in this article on two case studies — the Jewish Museum in Sarajevo and Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade. While the Jewish Museum in Sarajevo positiones the city of Sarajevo as the first center of Jewish life in Balkans, the Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade claims to be the only museum in ex-Yugoslavia presenting the history of Jews in the entire region. Both museums, therefore, claim to be the most important museums on this topic in the region, and certainly in a way compete to each other. What are the real stories hidden under these narratives, and which political and historical circumstances influence the fact that these two museums represent such contrasting stories? With the help of content analysis of the museum exhibitions, I detalize the narratives presented in the both case studies. In the focus of my interest is contextualization of Jewish history in the region and juxtaposition of the ways it is presented in the chosen museums. Obviously, Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade still represents the unifying Yugoslavian narrative, serving as an umbrella museum for the entire region. In case of Sarajevo, close connection between ongoing process of victimization of the recent past of the city and mythologization of preYugoslavian life in Sarajevo, together with idealization of Bosnian-Jewish relations can be observed. Additionally, I look into the way of representation of the topic of the Holocaust. In the both case studies, the way of narration of the Holocaust is closely linked to the dominant historical narrative of the country, and the museum exposition serves as yet another justification of it. In both cases, the narrative of the Holocaust is shadowed by the previously existing historical tradition — in Yugoslavian times, the Holocaust was predominantly connected to the Ustasha regime and was symbolized by Jasenovac. Nevertheless, within current political realities, the Holocaust memory and the memory of Jewish life in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina undergoes certain changes and becomes instrumentalized in many contexts.
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Zhao, Xiaolong, Jinju Lee, and Kwanseon Hong. "A Comparative Analysis of Museum Accessibility in High-Density Asian Cities: Case Studies from Seoul and Tokyo." Buildings 13, no. 8 (July 25, 2023): 1886. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13081886.
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We investigated the relationship between urban accessibility of museums in the urban spaces of Tokyo and Seoul within limited travel distances. Similarities and differences were identified in the museum accessibility between the two cities. The urban accessibility of museums was set as the dependent variable, calculated via space syntax. For the spatial accessibility of museums, five walking ranges (1000–2000 m) were set as independent variables, with a distance of 250 m as the basic unit. Data normality and independence of the derived data were checked, and polynomial curve fitting was performed to interpret the accessibility of museums in each city. A comparative analysis was conducted on museum accessibility. The results show areas with a high concentration of museums in Tokyo and Seoul partially deviated from the center of the urban hierarchy. The urban and spatial accessibilities of museums in both cities quantitatively correlated with limited travel distances. Museum visitors in Tokyo were more likely to have relatively free-flowing routes in the city. The museums in Seoul had a lower overall accessibility than those in Tokyo, and travel patterns and routes to these museums were likely to be restricted when located in urban areas and consequently resembled a forced movement pattern.
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Xu, Renwen, Boya Zhang, and Binghan Zheng. "Cognition and behaviour of reception in museum spaces." Translation, Cognition & Behavior 6, no. 2 (December 31, 2023): 187–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/tcb.00085.xu.
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Abstract In recent years, there has been a growing interest in translation studies within museum settings, enabling museums to enhance visitor engagement and create a more meaningful visiting experience. Within cognitive translation studies, the use of eye tracking technology has emerged as a widely adopted method for investigating translators’ allocation of visual attention and cognitive resources. However, the application of eye tracking in museum translation studies has received limited attention. This study provides a critical review of the utilisation of eye tracking to examine visitors’ perception and reception in museum settings from both behavioural and cognitive perspectives. The article begins by selecting and categorising the reviewed papers. It then describes the methods employed for collecting and analysing eye movement data, followed by summaries and critical comments on the findings from the existing literature. This article further evaluates the reliability, validity, and practicality of existing eye tracking research in museum translation, and finally proposes the potential directions for future cognitive translation studies in museums.
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Shehade, Maria, and Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert. "Virtual Reality in Museums: Exploring the Experiences of Museum Professionals." Applied Sciences 10, no. 11 (June 11, 2020): 4031. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10114031.
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The past few years have seen an increase in the use of virtual reality (VR) in museum environments in an attempt for museums to embrace technological innovations and adapt to the challenges of the digital era. While there are studies that examine the advantages of VR in museums and visitors’ experiences with it, there are no studies examining the experiences of museum professionals who are responsible for a museum’s objects and narratives. The aim of this paper is to explore the practices, experiences, and perceptions of museum professionals on the use of VR technology in museums, their perceived advantages and challenges of such technologies, and their vision for the future of technology in museums. The paper provides an in-depth analysis of interviews with museum professionals from a number of countries around the world who worked with particular VR projects in their own institutions. The ultimate aim is to offer a more critical and holistic examination and assessment of the use of VR in museums and provide suggestions for designing and developing VR projects in the future.
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Dudley, Sandra H., and Kylie Message. "Editorial." Museum Worlds 1, no. 1 (July 1, 2013): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/armw.2013.010101.
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Museum Worlds: Advances in Research represents trends in museum-related research and practice. It builds a profile of various approaches to the expanding discipline of museum studies and to work in the growing number of museums throughout the world. It traces major regional, theoretical, methodological, and topical themes and debates, and encourages comparison of museum theories, practices, and developments in different global settings.
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Putcha, Rumya S. "Yoga and White Public Space." Religions 11, no. 12 (December 14, 2020): 669. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11120669.
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This article connects recent work in critical race studies, museum studies, and performance studies to larger conversations happening across the humanities and social sciences on the role of performance in white public spaces. Specifically, I examine the recent trend of museums such as the Natural History Museum of London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, to name but a few, offering meditation and wellness classes that purport to “mirror the aesthetics or philosophy of their collections.” Through critical ethnography and discursive analysis I examine and unpack this logic, exposing the role of cultural materialism and the residue of European imperialism in the affective economy of the museum. I not only analyze the use of sound and bodily practices packaged as “yoga” but also interrogate how “yoga” cultivates a sense of space and place for museum-goers. I argue that museum yoga programs exhibit a form of somatic orientalism, a sensory mechanism which traces its roots to U.S. American cultural-capitalist formations and other institutionalized forms of racism. By locating yoga in museums within broader and longer processes of racialization I offer a critical race and feminist lens to view these sorts of performances.
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Dvorkin, Ihor. "DESPITE IMPERIAL POLICY: THE UKRAINIAN STUDIES IN THE MUSEUMS OF DNIPER UKRAINE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th – IN EARLY 20th CENTURY." Almanac of Ukrainian Studies, no. 24 (2019): 57–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2520-2626/2019.24.10.
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The article deals with the development of Ukrainian studies in museums of Naddnipprianska Ukraine during the imperial period. At the time, a rather wide museum network worked here. Museums were created and operated at various organizations - universities and other educational institutions; scientific institutions; self-government bodies, etc. The lack of the central imperial power’s museum policy was typical. This led to the fact, that museum institutions were often operated under conditions of insufficient funding and enough government support. Russia's imperial policy towards the Ukrainian national movement in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was aimed at its restriction and prohibition. Any manifestation of official Ukrainophile activity should be controlled and restricted. At the same time, intelligentsia, the Ukrainian national movement activists, took an active part in the creation and follow-up of museum institutions. On the other hand, the Ukrainian national movement activists found an opportunity to actively use their work in cultural and educational institutions, including museums, as well as to cooperate with them for the purpose of research in the field of Ukrainian studies. In addition, collections of museum facilities could be used in research in the relevant field. Accumulation of Ukrainian studies was an important factor in national processes, the implementation of the "Ukrainian project". The article highlights Ukrainian studies conducted in some museums in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Chernihiv. These museums contained collections, dedicated to Ukrainian ethnography, archeology and history. These museums, thanks to the position of their employees, collected and systematized collections on the history and culture of Ukraine, published scientific products on the basis of their collections.
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Mangione, Gemma. "Making Sense of Things: Constructing Aesthetic Experience in Museum Gardens and Galleries." Museum and Society 14, no. 1 (June 9, 2017): 33–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/mas.v14i1.624.
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Studies of museum behaviour in sociology often examine how external environments shape organizational practice. Through an ethnographic study, this article considers programmes for visitors with disabilities at a major metropolitan art museum and botanical garden to ask how ‘sensory conventions’ vary across museums, and with what effects. I trace how museum staff construct the aesthetic experience of art and nature differently to shape how visitors use their senses, and which senses they use, when interacting with museum collections. Examining aesthetic meanings across different kinds of museums reveals these institutions’ differing local cultures and how such cultures affect visitor experience. In particular, aesthetic practices across museums facilitate varying opportunities for perception, and interactions that may privilege particular embodied capacities.Key words: art museums; botanical gardens; aesthetics; senses; disability