Open AccessDe islandske museers placering i kulturdebatten
Author(s) -
Ragnheiður H. Þhorarinsdóttir
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
nordisk museologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2002-0503
pISSN - 1103-8152
DOI - 10.5617/nm.3700
Subject(s) - icelandic , nationalism , modernization theory , independence (probability theory) , national identity , romance , period (music) , history , identity (music) , romanticism , cultural exchange , political science , economic history , ethnology , art , art history , literature , law , aesthetics , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , politics
Icelandic museums and their position in public culture Icelandic museums are rooted in the national romantic movement of the 19th century and - as in the other Nordic countries - in the romantic search for a cultural identity. The National Museum was founded in 1863 in a period when the struggle for independence from Denmark culminated. Icelandic nationalism was again challenged in World War 2 which was also coincided with a period of an accelerated modernization.