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The story of Irish museums, 1790-2000: culture, identity and education

The story of Irish museums, 1790-2000: culture, identity and education
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ISBN 1859184758 (hbk.)
9781859184752 (hbk.)
Author Bourke, Marie
Title The story of Irish museums, 1790-2000 : culture, identity and education / [by] Marie Bourke
Publisher Cork : Cork University Press, 2011
Physical desc. xxxii, 562 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Note Includes piece on CBL (p. 302-306).
CBL illustrations: p. 304 (CBL building exterior); p. 305 (Sacred Traditions Gallery, Islamic art); p. 401 (In 07B.28a).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-538) and index.
Contents Foreword / Declan Kiberd -- Introduction -- Pt. 1: Pre-eighteenth century. The story of the public museum -- Pt. 2: The eighteenth century. Early museological trends in eighteenth-century Ireland -- The significance of the eighteenth-century collections -- Pt. 3: The nineteenth century. Cross-cultural influences: museums in Britain and America -- The role of education in the growth of nineteenth-century museums -- The role of antiquarianism in the nineteenth-century museum movement -- A 'national' museum and a national identity -- Collecting, promoting, exhibiting, curating: the broadening of the museum movement -- The development of a national gallery for Ireland (1854-64) -- Pt. 4: The twentieth century. The public role of the museum: patterns and trends in the UK and the USA in the twentieth century -- New ideas and fresh initiatives: an overview of museum development in the twentieth century -- The National Museum of Ireland: 'promoting the widest understanding and appreciation of Ireland's distinctive and natural history' -- The National Gallery of Ireland: 'supporting, understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the national collections' -- Pt. 5: The twenty-first century: Combining the virtual and the physical: key developments in the twenty-first century museum.
Corporate name Chester Beatty Library
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07B
Museums -- Ireland -- History
Art museums -- Ireland -- History
College museums -- Ireland -- History
Museums -- Educational aspects
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