Coombes, Annie E. (2004) Museums and the formation of national and cultural identities. In: Preziosi, D. and Farago, C. (eds.) Grasping the World: The Idea of the Museum. Ashgate. ISBN 9780367024345.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on what might be interpreted as the moment of a more self-consciously political conception of the roles available to museums in general. It explores a case study situated at a comparable historical conjuncture in 1902, when the Education Act of that year announced the same objective of ‘Education for AH’. The chapter is concerned with the problem of attracting a larger and more diverse public, proving the museums’ capacity as a serious educational resource and, in the case of the ethnographic collections, as a serious ‘scientific’ resource. 1902 was a significant year in other respects since it marked the renewal of concerted strategies by both contending parliamentary parties to promote the concept of a homogeneous national identity and unity within Britain. The general consensus delegated the former as the responsibility of the national collections and the latter as that of the local museums.
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Annie Coombes |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2021 07:10 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 18:07 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/43051 |
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