Alberti Nature and culture

Objects, disciplines and the Manchester Museum
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2954-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century. It explores natural and cultural objects in the Manchester Museum, a major university collection. How did these specimens come to be there? What happened to them in the collection, and who used them?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alberti, Samuel

Alberti, Samuel J. M. M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstsammlung, Museen, Ausstellungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: museum historiographies
I. Museums and disciplines
II. The lives of objects
Notes
1. Prologue: the Manchester Natural History Society
I. The Museum on Peter Street
II. Visitors and staff
III. Transfer and dissolution
Notes
2. Nature: scientific disciplines in the museum
I. Unified nature 1887–1910
II. Expanding collections 1910–50
III. Nature dislocated 1950–90
IV. Conclusion: cultural cartography and the Museum
Notes
3. Culture: artefacts and disciplinary formation
I. Culture precipitated 1890–1927
II. Nature and culture distinguished 1927–69
III. Culture consolidated 1969–90
IV. Conclusion: shaping disciplines
Notes
4. Acquisition: collecting networks and the museum
I. Foundation and empire
II. The economy of donation
III. Value for money?
IV. The museum and the field
V. Transfers and loans
VI. Conclusion: the politics of acquisition
Notes
5. Practice: technique and the lives of objects in the collection
I. Preparing and conserving
II. Recording and cataloguing
III. Storing and displaying
IV. Conclusion: towards a history of museum practice
6. Visitors: audiences and objects
I. Organising the visitor
II. Educating the visitor
III. Town and gown
IV. Involving the visitor
V. The visitor experience
VI. Conclusion: expanding the history of museums
Notes
Conclusion: the museum in the twentieth century
Notes
List of Archives
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Alberti Samuel:
Sam Alberti is Lecturer in Art Gallery and Museum Studies at the Centre for Museology and Research Fellow at the Manchester Museum, University of ManchesterSam Alberti is Lecturer in Art Gallery and Museum Studies at the Centre for Museology and Research Fellow at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester