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The Role of Today's Museum (Hardcover)
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The Role of Today's Museum (Hardcover)
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The Role of Today's Museum provides a thorough investigation of
what museums do and why. Arguing that museums are multifunctional
institutions, the book examines the consequences of this for the
services that museums provide, the publics to whom they are
provided and the providers themselves. Adopting a wide perspective
on understandings of the roles of museums and considering the
different environments within which museums operate, Gray and
McCall provide a new perspective on how transformations, as well as
the gaps between intended policies and the actual work that is
undertaken within museums, can be both identified and understood.
By differentiating between social, economic and political visions
and expectations of museums, the analysis in this book allows for a
fuller understanding of what these organisations do and provide for
their societies and the struggles and negotiations that surround
their existence. The Role of Today's Museum takes a critical,
interdisciplinary approach to studying museums and museum policy.
As a result, the book will be of interest to academics and students
engaged in the study of museums, cultural policy, social policy,
cultural sociology, public policy and cultural and political
economy. Highlighting the gaps that exist between policy ideals and
museum practices, the book also provides valuable insights to
policy-makers and practitioners.
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