L’exemple du British Museum

Museums and mortality

“…They both provide analytical concepts which can be applied to current and historical ideas about the conscious and unconscious motives people have for planning museums. More speculatively, these ideas can be applied to claims made for the impact of museums on visitors, especially in relation to their role as "contact zones" between cultures (Clifford 1988;MacGregor 2004aMacGregor , 2004b. Both suggest fruitful directions future research on museums might take.…”