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Fragments of the World: Uses of Museum Collections 1st Edition By Suzanne Keene During the past decade a number of individual museums have found imaginative ways of using them collections and of make them accessible. Still museum collections as a whole are enormous in size and quantity and the question of how can they can be put to best use is ever present. When conventional exhibitions can only ever utilise a tiny proportion of them, what other uses of the collections are possible? Will their exploitation and use now kill these value for future generations? Should they simply be keep safely and as economical as possible as a resource for the future? Fragments of the World examines these questions, first reviewing the history of collecting and of collections, then discussing the ways in that collections themselves are being used. Case studies of leading examples from around the world illustrate the discussion. Takeing together the thinking about museum collections with case studies of the way in which different types of collection are used, the book provides a roadmap for museums to make up of this wonderful resource. X Takes together the diverse aspects of this topical subject in one place X Accessible, readable text in the authors trademark style X International case studies to illustrate theory Materials: Bookpaper Paper, light material Size B5 (18cm x 26cm) standard Strong binding, not easy to escape Ivory Paper Cover 230gsm Doff/glossy Lamination Molting RESULT SPECIFICATION Repro BOOKS Black WHITE CONTENT Volume SOFTCOVER Nb. Read carefully before order