Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to the sphere of natural history in relation to museums. Similarly, Acland and Ruskin discuss and explore the relationships of art and architecture to museums.
1 Introductory To The Renaissance; 2 The Collecting Of Objects Of Ancient Art 3 The Progress Of Science: Collections Of Natural Objects 4 Early Museum Catalogues 5 The Use Of The Term Museum 6 Some Old Exhibits 7 Some Early Museums 8 Later Museums 9 The Beginnings Of The British Museum 10 Special Collections 11 Scottish Collectors And Scottish Museums 12 Museums As Shows 13 Dispersion Of Museums 14 Non-Scientific Character Of Early Museums 15 Arrangement Of Old Museums 16 The Modern Museum Archaeological Museums 17 Glasgow Museums, The Museums Of Hamburg Bremen And Lubeck 18 The Use Of Museums.
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Introduction by Susan M. Pearce, University of Leicester, Author, David Murray.
