The Museum Movement : Carnegie Cultural Philanthropy and Museum Development in the Anglosphere, 1920-1940

Ian McShane

ISBN 10: 0367623706 / ISBN 13: 9780367623708

Edité par Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul 2026, 2026

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Neuware - The Museum Movement provides the first systematic overview of the 'museum movement' of the early twentieth century, which encouraged museums to play a greater role in education and civic uplift.Highlighting the key role played by the Carnegie Corporation in guiding museum development in the late colonial period, this book shows that the movement was strongly influenced by the racial politics of the period and that its focus on local histories and civic engagement sought to boost the historical legitimacy and continued vitality of small towns and their dominant white populations. Demonstrating that the 'museum movement' placed new emphasis on the importance of professionalisation, interpretation, and audience engagement, McShane shows how, by the late 1930s, the movement had helped lay the foundations of museology. This book also constructs a genealogy of the 'new' museology, the next wave of museum reform that emerged in the 1970s, by reflecting critically on the 'newness' of some of its ideas. Indicating that 'new' thinking about audience, display media, and the economics of culture has a longer history, this book also provides historical perspectives on current interests in informal and social learning, the formation of museum publics, and institutional convergence.The Museum Movement explores the intersections and crosscurrents of modernism and settler-colonialism and will thus appeal to academics and students with an interest in museum studies, heritage, history, colonial studies, and race.

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• Titre: The Museum Movement : Carnegie Cultural Philanthropy and Museum Development in the Anglosphere, 1920-1940
• Éditeur: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul 2026
• Date de parution: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0367623706
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780367623708
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 156 H x 9 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 156 millimètres de hauteur par 9 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 238 grammes

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The Museum Movement provides the first systematic overview of the ‘museum movement’ of the early twentieth century, which encouraged museums to play a greater role in education and civic uplift.

Highlighting the key role played by the Carnegie Corporation in guiding museum development in the late colonial period, this book shows that the movement was strongly influenced by the racial politics of the period and that its focus on local histories and civic engagement sought to boost the historical legitimacy and continued vitality of small towns and their dominant white populations. Demonstrating that the ‘museum movement’ placed new emphasis on the importance of professionalisation, interpretation, and audience engagement, McShane shows how, by the late 1930s, the movement had helped lay the foundations of museology. This book also constructs a genealogy of the ‘new’ museology, the next wave of museum reform that emerged in the 1970s, by reflecting critically on the ‘newness’ of some of its ideas. Indicating that ‘new’ thinking about audience, display media, and the economics of culture has a longer history, this book also provides historical perspectives on current interests in informal and social learning, the formation of museum publics, and institutional convergence.

The Museum Movement explores the intersections and crosscurrents of modernism and settler-colonialism and will thus appeal to academics and students with an interest in museum studies, heritage, history, colonial studies, and race.

À propos de l'auteur

Ian McShane is an honorary associate professor in the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests focus on the informal and formal education sectors, including museums, libraries, and schools, and he has published widely on cultural, educational, and urban policy. Prior to academia, Ian worked as a museum curator, arts administrator, and education consultant.