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Challenge and transformation : museums in Cape Town and Sydney /

Title
Challenge and transformation : museums in Cape Town and Sydney / Katherine J. Goodnow ; with Jack Lohman & Jatti Bredekamp.
Author
Goodnow, Katherine J.
Publication
Paris : UNESCO, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Bredekamp, Jatti.
  • Lohman, Jack, 1958-
  • Unesco. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054523
Description
221 p. : col. ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
This publication looks at how change takes place in museums. Built around a series of case studies outlining the way ethnographic museums, historic sites and art galleries come to terms with issues of diversity and change, this book represents an initial publication devoted to exploring diversity and promoting intercultural dialogue in museum practice.--Publisher's description.
Series Statement
Museums and diversity
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221).
Contents
Museums in Cape Town and Sydney. Introductiona nd overview -- Across museums : shared forms of challenge and change -- Ethnographic collections in natural history museums : the South African Museum -- Sydney's Australian Museum and its Indigenous Australians gallery -- Historic sites : Cape Town -- The Museum of Sydney : on the site of the first government house -- The South African National Gallery -- The Yiribana Gallery : Sydney -- Future steps / Kathering Goodnow.
ISBN
  • 9232028166 (pbk.)
  • 9789232028167 (pbk.)
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library