Ann Davis, André Desvallées, François Mairesse (ed.): What is a Museum?
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This book addresses administrators and politicians, museum professionals and museologists likewise. It reflects the so-called ICOM "definition" of museum in a new light and gives an impression how visitors meet with museums.
Revised edition and English translation by Ann Davis and Lynn Maranda, and Suzanne Nash
© Verlag Dr. C. Müller-Straten München and the International Committee for Museology of the International Council of Museums, 2010
CONTENTS
Foreword – The Paradox of the Seagull
Michel Van Praët
Preface
Ann Davis
Introduction
François Mairesse, André Desvallées and Ann Davis
Redefining Museum
Part I: Defining Museum
François Mairesse
The Term Museum
Gary Edson
Defining Museum
André Gob
A Museum Dialogue
Lynn Maranda
On “Museum”
Marc Maure
The Museum: Expressing Identity
Tereza M. Scheiner
Defining Museum and Museology: an Ongoing Process
Tomislav Šola
The Museum Definition: Questioning the Scope and Motives
Part II: Does the Calgary Declaration Redefine Museum?
Bernard Deloche
Definition of Museum
André Desvallées
About the Definition of Museum
Jennifer Harris
The Definition of Museum
Ivo Maroevic
Towards the New Definition of Museum
Olga Nazor
Reflections on the Notion “Museum”
Andrés Sansoni
Thoughts About an “Aletheia” of Museum
Martin R. Schärer
What is a Museum?
Marc Maure
How do visitors see the museum? A picture collection
Glossary
Works cited
The contributors
About ca. 70 black & white pictures, about 250 pages DIN A5.
ISBN 978-3-932704-81-9