Research Catalog

Title

A museum in public : re-visioning Canada's Royal Ontario museum / Susan L.T. Ashley.

Author

Ashley, Susan L. T.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2020.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

136 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

"Not satisfied with the assertion that museums have taken great strides in becoming representative, relevant and open in their preoccupations, 'A Museum in Public' contends that the supposedly public nature of their institutional role continues to be a rhetorical one. This book critically examines museums as institutions of the public sphere, questioning what assumptions are made about the publicness of their operations. Using as a case study the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada's largest museum, the book interrogates the public nature and political dynamics of the ROM as it completed a multi-million dollar architectural project and adopted a new vision"--

Series Statement

Museums in focus

Uniform Title

Routledge museums in focus.

Subject

• Royal Ontario Museum
• Museums > Social aspects

Note

• "Routledge Focus"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Setting the context -- The ROM in public -- Revisioning.

Call Number

JFD 20-1191

ISBN

• 9781138579262
• 1138579262

OCLC

1090436184

Author

Ashley, Susan L. T., author.

Title

A museum in public : re-visioning Canada's Royal Ontario museum / Susan L.T. Ashley.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Museums in focus

Routledge museums in focus.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Ashley, Susan L.T. Museum in public. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020 9781351262477 (OCoLC)1111973814

Research Call Number

JFD 20-1191