Re-imagining the museum: beyond the mausoleum Witcomb, Andrea 2003, Re-imagining the museum: beyond the mausoleum, Routledge, London, England. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Re-imagining the museum: beyond the mausoleum Author(s) Witcomb, Andrea orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-2896 Publication date 2003 Total pages x, 198 p. Publisher Routledge Place of Publication London, England Keyword(s) museums -- philosophy museums -- United States -- history museums -- Great Britain -- history museums -- Australia -- history museum exhibits -- historiography museum techniques -- historiography cultural policy -- history mass media and culture -- history popular culture -- history Summary Through a range of case- studies, including studies from the UK, North America and Australia, this book moves away from the idea that museums are always "conservative" to suggest they have a long history of engaging with popular culture and addressing a variety of audiences. Andrea Whitcomb argues that museums are key mediators between high and popular culture and between government, media practitioners, cultural policy-makers and museums professionals. The book also analyses links between museums and the media, looks at the role of museums in cities and discusses the effects on museums of cultural policies. Notes 1. Unmasking a different museum: museums and cultural criticism -- 2. Floating the museum -- 3. From Batavia to Australia II: negotiating changes in curatorial practices -- 4. 'A place for all of us'? Museums and communities -- 5. Beyond the mausoleum: museums and the media -- 6. Interactivity in museums: the politics of narrative style. ISBN 0415220998 9780415220996 Language eng Field of Research 210204 Museum Studies 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category A1.1 Books - authored - research Copyright notice ©2003, Routledge Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30000440 Document type: Book Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of History, Heritage and Society   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 25 Nov 2008, 13:45:39 EST Tue, 02 Jun 2009, 17:20:52 EST Tue, 02 Jun 2009, 18:02:02 EST Fri, 21 Aug 2009, 12:36:38 EST Fri, 21 Aug 2009, 12:37:21 EST Tue, 25 Aug 2009, 15:29:55 EST Fri, 09 Apr 2010, 10:54:41 EST Mon, 31 May 2010, 16:00:36 EST Sat, 05 Oct 2019, 02:33:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 286 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 2338 Abstract Views, 12 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 03 Jul 2008, 10:41:18 EST