City Museums and City Development

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

AvIan Jones,Robert R. Macdonald,Darryl McIntyre

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Traditionally, city museums have been keepers of city history. Many have been exercises in nostalgia, reflecting city pride. However, a new generation of museums focuses increasingly on the city's present and future as well as its past, and on the city in all of its diversity, challenges, and possibilities. Above all, these museums are gateways to understanding the city—our greatest and most complex creation and the place where half the world's population now lives. In this book, experts in the field explore this 'new' city museum and the challenge of contributing positively to city development.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-03-16
Mått142 x 219 x 12 mm
Vikt274 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor198
FörlagAltaMira Press
ISBN9780759111813

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Ian Jones is the Secretary of CAMOC (Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities), one of the international committees forming part of the International Council of Museums.Robert R. Macdonald is director emeritus, Museum of the City of New York, where he previously served as CEO for 17 years.Darryl McIntyre has been group director for public programs at the Museum of London since November 2003.

Chapter 1. Cities and Museums about ThemChapter 2. City Museums and the Geopolitics of GlobalizationChapter 3. Museums of Cities and the Future of CitiesChapter 4. "The Novelties of the Town:" Museums, Cities, and Historical RepresentationChapter 5. The Prospect of a City MuseumChapter 6. Thinking the Present Historically at the Museum of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaChapter 7. A City Museum for Stuttgart: Some Issues in Planning a Museum for the 21st CenturyChapter 8. Taipei City Museum in the MakingChapter 9. Museums and Urban Renewal in TownsChapter 10. The Development of the City of Kazan: The Museum AspectChapter 11. Defining a Research Agenda for City Museums in a Peripheralizing WorldChapter 12. From Urban Blocks to City Blogs: Defining Attributes for the City Museum of Today