{"product_id":"introducing-museum-studies-hardback-9780745642123","title":"Introducing Museum Studies (Hardback) 9780745642123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIntroducing Museum Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGordon Fyfe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745642123, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroducing Museum Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is the first introductory textbook for museum studies. Providing a wide-ranging and original overview of museums from a historical and contemporary perspective, it covers key topics such as the history of the museum, the museum as a public space, visitors, and communities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book shows how museums, far from being neutral collections, exhibit objects which convey powerful symbolic meanings. This “cultural turn” away from the object as a \u003ci\u003ething in itself\u003c\/i\u003e has placed museums at the centre of debates about public culture, citizenship, inclusion and repatriation. Museums are becoming increasingly reflexive given the awareness of the social and political role they serve and their ability to reflect the problems of our time. Gordon Fyfe shows how and why this reflexivity creates a need for historical perspective on current practices: on the one hand museums are enmeshed in a changing world and on the other hand they exhibit change. At their best, museums help us to see that everything is on the move and that change is the natural order of things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccessibly written, this is the go-to introduction for scholars and students of museum studies, arts and cultural management, and heritage studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Figures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 Museums, Disciplines, Museology\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Genesis of the Museum: Dynasties, Nations, Empires, Colonization\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Making of a Public Space\u003cbr\u003e 4 Museums and Communities\u003cbr\u003e 5 Visitor Studies in Context\u003cbr\u003e 6 Museum Meanings\u003cbr\u003e 7 Contested Spaces\u003cbr\u003e 8 Theory, Methodologies, Methods\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Museology \u0026amp; heritage studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Museology \u0026amp; heritage studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Museology%20\u0026amp;%20heritage%20studies%20%5BGM%5D%22\"\u003eGM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407306879256,"sku":"9780745642123","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745642123.jpg?v=1784160509","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/introducing-museum-studies-hardback-9780745642123","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}