Cabinets for the Curious: Looking Back at Early English MuseumsAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 297 pages The last few years has, within museums, witnessed nothing short of a revolution. Worried that the very institution was itself in danger of becoming a dusty, forgotten, culturally irrelevant exhibit, vigorous efforts have been made to reshape the museum mission. Fearing that history was coming to be ignored by modern society, many institutions have instead marketed a de-intellectualised heritage, overly relying on computer technology to captivate a contemporary audience. The theme of this work is that we can do much to reassess the rationale that inspires contemporary collections through a study of seventeenth century museums. England's first museums were quite literally wonderful; founded that is on the disciplined application of the faculty of wonder. The type of wonder employed was not that post-Romantic idea of disbelief, but rather an active form of curiosity developed during the Renaissance, ... |
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Museums Arrive in England | 41 |
4 | 48 |
5 | 59 |
6 | 109 |
7 | 118 |
Medicinal Chemistry | 135 |
Using Museums | 165 |
9 | 187 |
12 | 251 |
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