The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections - Couverture souple

Mark, Jan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406319724 ISBN 13 : 9781406319729

Editeur : Walker Books Ltd, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Suppose you went into a museum and you didn’t know what it was. From the first sentence of this brilliant book, Jan Mark inspires us to think. She muses on the Muses and the word museum, on why and how people collect things, on different kinds of museums (cabinets, buildings, villages, towns), on their contribution to science and on the notion of classification. She examines the Elgin Marbles (saved or stolen?), famous fakes, the dodo, and some great collectors.

Revue de presse :

The act of opening this eclectic, tall-format tome will launch readers on a leisurely and edifying journey of discovery.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Reading through this look at all things museum (definition of; history of; issues surrounding) is itself like wandering through an eclectic and idiosyncratic museum, marveling at the wonders it contains.
—The Horn Book

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Walker Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1406319724
• ISBN 13: 9781406319729
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Illustrateur: Holland Richard