Nature and culture : objects, disciplines and the Manchester Museum /: objects, disciplines and the Manchester Museum. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Samuel J.M.M. Alberti.
• Authors: Alberti, Samuel J. M. M
• Contents: List of figuresAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction: museum historiographiesI. Museums and disciplinesII. The lives of objectsNotes1. Prologue: the Manchester Natural History SocietyI. The Museum on Peter StreetII. Visitors and staffIII. Transfer and dissolutionNotes2. Nature: scientific disciplines in the museumI. Unified nature 1887–1910II. Expanding collections 1910–50III. Nature dislocated 1950–90IV. Conclusion: cultural cartography and the MuseumNotes3. Culture: artefacts and disciplinary formationI. Culture precipitated 1890–1927II. Nature and culture distinguished 1927–69III. Culture consolidated 1969–90IV. Conclusion: shaping disciplinesNotes4. Acquisition: collecting networks and the museumI. Foundation and empireII. The economy of donationIII. Value for money?IV. The museum and the fieldV. Transfers and loansVI. Conclusion: the politics of acquisitionNotes5. Practice: technique and the lives of objects in the collectionI. Preparing and conservingII. Recording and cataloguingIII. Storing and displayingIV. Conclusion: towards a history of museum practice6. Visitors: audiences and objectsI. Organising the visitorII. Educating the visitorIII. Town and gownIV. Involving the visitorV. The visitor experienceVI. Conclusion: expanding the history of museumsNotesConclusion: the museum in the twentieth centuryNotesList of ArchivesBibliography
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 069.0942733; Museums -- Collection management -- England -- Manchester -- History; Museums -- History -- 20th century; Museums -- Collection management; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526129543
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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