Staging the Past: The Period Room in New Zealand

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Staging the Past: The Period Room in New Zealand

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Before 1940, few of the nation’s museums actively collected or displayed artefacts associated with the history of European settlement in New Zealand. Over the following three decades, an interest in ‘colonial history’ blossomed and collections grew rapidly. Faced with the challenge of displaying material associated with the homes of early settlers, museums adopted the period room as a strategy of display. The period room subsequently remained popular with museum professionals until the 1980s,...

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14 Nov, 2021

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Stephenson, Kimberley Jane

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Period rooms / Museums / Colonial history / School: School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies / 190102 Art History / 970119 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing / Degree Discipline: Art History / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Arts / Art History

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