Open AccessMUSEUM OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR – TWO STANCES
Author(s) -
Marcin Κula,
Piotr Majewski
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0010.0578
Subject(s) - exhibition , museology , context (archaeology) , politics , autonomy , political science , sociology , social science , visual arts , history , art , archaeology , law
Two stances of Polish historians present a nuanced methodological view of the socially controversial problem of the investment entitled the Museum of the Second World War. Building the museum, the discussions concerning the form of its permanent exhibition – apart from their ad hoc political context – touched on key issues for museology: the autonomy of cultural institutions, the authorial rights of the team preparing the exhibition, but most of all, the challenge posed by the attempt to present the various social expectations typical of communities with diverse historical sensitivities in the exhibition. The two stances presented continue this discussion which is being held on the basis of history and museology