Exhibiting Europe in Museums

Transnational Networks, Collections, Narratives, and Representations

von Stefan Krankenhagen, Wolfram Kaiser, Kerstin Poehls

256 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Museums of history and contemporary culture face many challenges in the modern age. One is how to react to processes of Europeanization and globalization, which require more cross-border cooperation and different ways of telling stories for visitors. This book investigates how museums exhibit Europe. Based on research in nearly 100 museums across the Continent and interviews with cultural policy makers and museum curators, it studies the growing transnational activities of state institutions, societal organizations, and people in the museum field such as attempts to Europeanize collection policy and collections as well as different strategies for making narratives more transnational like telling stories of European integration as shared history and discussing both inward and outward migration as a common experience and challenge. The book thus provides fascinating insights into a fast-changing museum landscape in Europe with wider implications for cultural policy and museums in other world regions.

• Reihe: Museums and Collections
• Themen: Lexika Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften / Museumskunde Museologie und Heritage Studies
• ISBN: 9781782382904
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2014
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books