38876
Accession Number
17691
Title Of Article Chaper
De-schooling the museum: a proposal to increase public access to museums and their resources
Title Of Journal Book
Museum
Volume
37
Issue
1. 145
Pages
25-31
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
This article discusses how museums present their collections. In order to promote democratization of collection management, methods of visible storage are described: in a university museum, in a community museum, and in an urban museum (stratified storage). The criticisms against increasing collection accessibility focus upon increasing environmental and security risks, object interpretation, and undermining curatorial responsibility and authority. -- AATA
Keywords
Museum storage; University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Canada; museum security; light filter; Port Alberni Museum, British Columbia, Canada; Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Canada; museum environmental control AATA
pub_id
38876