During the past decade a number of individual museums have found
imaginative ways of using their collections and of making them
accessible. However, museum collections as a whole are enormous in
size and quantity and the question of how can they can be put to
best use is ever present. When conventional exhibitions can only
ever utilise a tiny proportion of them, what other uses of the
collections are possible? Will their exploitation and use now
destroy their value for future generations? Should they simply be
kept safely and as economically as possible as a resource for the
future?
Fragments of the World examines these questions, first reviewing
the history of collecting and of collections, then discussing the
ways in which the collections themselves are being used today. Case
studies of leading examples from around the world illustrate the
discussion. Bringing together the thinking about museum collections
with case studies of the ways in which different types of
collection are used, the book provides a roadmap for museums to
make better use of this wonderful resource.
* Brings together the diverse aspects of this topical subject in
one place
* Accessible, readable text in the authors trademark style
* International case studies to illustrate the theory
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