Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture

Download or read book Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture written by Juliette Fritsch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Introduction / Juliette FritschPart 1 Situating interpretation in the museum context2. The Museum as a social instrument : a democratic conception of museum education / George E. Hein3. Invoking the Muse : the purposes and processes of communicative action in museums / Paulette M.McManus4. Interpretation and the art museum : between the familiar and the unfamiliar / Cheryl Meszaros, Twyla Gibson, Jennifer CarterPt II The role of interpretation in art galleries5. Towards some cartographic understandings of art interpretation in museums / Christopher Whitehead6. Art for whose sake? / Sue Latimer7,. The seeing eye : the seeing I / Sylvia LahavPt III Language and museum interpretation8. How can we define the role of language in museum interpretation? / Juliette FritschPt IV Interpretation, personal experience and memory9. I loved it dearly : recalling personal memories of dress in the museum / Torunn Kjolberg10. Welcome to my world : personal narrative and historic house interpretation / Mariruth Leftwich11. Narrative museum, museum of voices : displaying rural culture in the Museo della Mezzadria Senese, Italy / Marzia MinorePt V. Evidence-based practice12. An evaluation of object-centered approaches to interpretation at the British Museum / David Francis, Steve Slack, Claire Edwards13. The other side of the coin : audience consultation and the interpretation of numismatic collections / Effrosyni NomikouPt VI Interpretive strategies for specific audiences14. Designing effective interpretation for contemporary family visitors to art museums and galleries : a reflection of associated problems and issues / Patricia Sterry15. Interactive gallery interpretation for design students : help or hindrance? / Elizabeth Dyson16. Empower the audience! How art museums can become enriching creative spaces for a wider audience through deliberate and strategic use of experience and learning theories / Karen GronPt.VII Process and people17. Reading the walls : a study of curatorial expectation and visitor perception / Sarah Ganz Blythe, Barbara Palley18 Education is a department isn't it? : perceptions of education, learning and interpretation in exhibition development / Juliette Fritsch.