This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. In these settings, museums can

Remembrance and commemoration of traumatic histories are among the major issues of today’s international museological practice. By means of architectural and

During the nineteenth century, cultural heritage became a dominant feature of the political ideology of the European states and of their colonies. It became a n

Hawaiian legends figure greatly in the image of tropical paradise that has come to represent Hawai'i in popular imagination. But what are we buying into when we

Presents reflections on museum philosophy for the 21st century from an international group of contributors.

This book is the first in 30 years to take transport museums seriously as vehicles for the making of public histories. Drawing upon many years' experience of vi