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MUSEUM STUDIES NOW
Author(s) -
McCLELLAN ANDREW
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
art history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8365
pISSN - 0141-6790
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8365.2007.00563.x
Subject(s) - repatriation , commercialism , relation (database) , state (computer science) , visual arts , art , art history , history , political science , archaeology , law , computer science , algorithm , database
The purpose of this short article is to summarize briefly the current state and direction of museum studies in relation to academic priorities and pressing issues facing museums today, including new buildings, access, revisionist art history, commercialism and repatriation. It ends by questioning the rapid expansion of museum studies programmes on both sides of the Atlantic.