From histories of museums to museum history: approaches to historicising colonial museums in Aotearoa New Zealand

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From histories of museums to museum history: approaches to historicising colonial museums in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Despite their reputation for stasis and fixity, museums are about change and transformation. What can we learn from the history of New Zealand museums about the study of museum history? This article considers the lessons we can glean from New Zealand museums in the colonial period. It surveys recent theories about history, social change and museums, including historical sociology, which throw much light on this topic and open up new future paths to explore. The aim is not the compiling of an ...

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25 Aug, 2022

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Conal McCarthy

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Museum / history / critical museum history / New Zealand / Otago Museum / colonisation / change / commemoration / Curatorial and Related Studies not elsewhere classified / Historical Studies not elsewhere classified / Heritage, archive and museum studies not elsewhere classified / Historical studies not elsewhere classified

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