This important book deals with key issues affecting all history museums, taking as a starting point the interpretation by museums of World War II. The essays it contains are based on a conference held by the National Museums of Denmark, at which leading international museum professionals were invited to speak.
Among the many key issues the contributors address are:
- How best can abstractions like cause, effect and other ideas be interpreted through objects?
- Just how is the role of objects within museums changing?
- How should we respond when increasingly visitors no longer accept the curator’s choice of objects and their interpretation?
- How can museums deal effectively with controversial historical issues?
The essays in this publication explore how history museums can – and are – helping to explain and interpret the thinking of past generations, as well as their material culture.
Among the institutions whose exhibitions, programmes and thinking feature in the book’s thought-provoking 400-plus pages are:
- Imperial War Museum, London
- Museum of the Danish Resistance, Copenhagen
- Musée Royal de l’Armée, Bruxelles
- Museum of Occupations, Tallinn
- Camp Vught National Museum, Netherlands
- Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
- War Tunnels Museum, Jersey
Publication details
ISBN: 978-0-9561943-4-3
Binding: Paperback
Published by: MuseumsEtc
Pages: 424
Price: £44.95 (plus £5 worldwide shipping)
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