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Closed on Mondays - Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Hardcover)
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Closed on Mondays - Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Hardcover)
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The transformation of museums from the 'dreary, dusty places' they
used to be to places that people want to be in, alongside objects
they want to be near and ideas they want to understand and then
share has been extraordinary. During the last twenty-five years,
millions of pounds have been poured into our national museums in
the UK: as a result, they are certainly brighter and fuller. It is
against this background that Dinah Casson has opened the service
entrance of the museum a little. This book is not an explanation of
what an exhibition designer does or how to do it. Instead, by means
of a series of essays punctuated with comments from collaborators
and visitors, it explores exhibition design and alerts the
visitor's eye to this invisible craft. It explores questions such
as: why are most paintings in carved, gilded frames, regardless of
artist, period or subject matter? Why do so few contemporary art
galleries have windows? If a label text irritates us, what should
it say instead? Why do facsimiles make some people so
uncomfortable? Why do we keep all this stuff? What is it that
visitors want from our museums? In doing so, it offers enjoyable
insights, which will add depth to our future visits through the
front door (which is usually closed on Mondays) and will make us
question what is shown, why it's shown where (and how) it is,
what's written about it and how the interaction between museums and
their designers has encouraged each to change.
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