In the last decade, museums all around the world have been reinventing themselves. They are now much more than scholarly, cultural archives. A remit to reach out to a broader public, the increasing politicization of the ownership and curation of objects, the architectural expectations of new buildings, the requirements of the "event exhibit"...all have changed the way any new museum is built, operates and serves its public purpose. Museums now reflect global economics and local politics. New museums now shape our public culture.Illustrated with a very wide range of museums and museum spaces - from MOMA in New York to the reconstruction of Ground Zero, from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC to the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, from the planned renewal of the Crystal Palace site in London to the Sendai Mediatheque in Japan - the book reveals how the new museum is evolving as a cross-disciplinary, self-consciously political, and often avowedly self-reflexive institution.

Also available in hardback, 9781845204532 GBP55.00 (December, 2006)

About the Author
Kylie Message is ARC Special Research Centre Research Fellow and Convener of the Museums and Collections graduate program at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, the Australian National University.

Reviews
Through her thorough and inquisitive research, Message is encouraging us to step back and analyse what these new museums are truly accomplishing, inspiring us to take the initiative to work through the rhetoric and develop museum practice that is truly inclusive and representative of our multicultural communities. - Christa Lohman, Journal of Museum Ethnography



Book Information
ISBN 9781845204549
Author Kylie Message
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Berg Publishers
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g