Also quite relevant to this discussion is NAME's Exhibitionist issue and the article "The Unexhibitable"
http://name-aam.org/uploads/downloadables/EXH.fall_08/The%20Unexhibitable.pdf
Hi Scott,
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. It's very interesting and inspiring to see a designer's view. Interesting that you suspect that national identity is found more in the myths. I totally agree with you that the building's archi…
Hi Rhiannon,
Thank you very much for your reply! I will have a look at your suggested resources. I will have a read at your book (Museums, Nations, Identities: Wales and its National Museums, right?). The article you wrote, is it available online?…
I was the lead designer for the National Museum of Australia which opened in 2001. I'm American but believe my outsiders view point was an advantage. I'm not telling tales of of school by saying the museum was extremely controversial during it's lon…
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This sounds like a really interesting and topical project.
I work on national museums and am interested in the relationship between political/constitutional contexts and museums both now and in the 19th century. I have written two things whi…
I can share some my personal views based on the case of China.
The word "museum" in Chinese language is "bowuguan", which literally means "place of various objects". This could be seen as China's first or early interpretation of the concept "museum"…
I am interested in the topic "nationalism & museums" and would like to know how this issue is differentiated from country to country. In the case of China where my research is targeting at, the creating of common memories, of which museum is one of…
Hi all, it's so nice to find this place and meet you all guys here.I am currently doing my phd study in Bergen, Norway. My research is about Chinese museums with a social-political perspective. I am specially interested in museum and policy, museum…
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