Bringing together scholars and practitioners from North America,
Europe, Russia, and Australia, this pioneering volume provides a
global survey of how museums address religion and charts a course
for future research and interpretation. Contributors from a variety
of disciplines and institutions explore the work of museums from
many perspectives, including cultural studies, religious studies,
and visual and material culture. Most museums throughout the world
- whether art, archaeology, anthropology or history museums -
include religious objects, and an increasing number are beginning
to address religion as a major category of human identity. With
rising museum attendance and the increasingly complex role of
religion in social and geopolitical realities, this work of
stewardship and interpretation is urgent and important. Religion in
Museums is divided into six sections: museum buildings, reception,
objects, collecting and research, interpretation of objects and
exhibitions, and the representation of religion in different types
of museums. Topics covered include repatriation, conservation,
architectural design, exhibition, heritage, missionary collections,
curation, collections and display, and the visitor's experience.
Case studies provide comprehensive coverage and range from museums
devoted specifically to the diversity of religious traditions, such
as the State Museum of the History of Religion in St Petersburg, to
exhibitions centered on religion at secular museums, such as Hajj:
Journey to the Heart of Islam, at the British Museum.
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