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Make the Stones Shout: Contemporary museums and the challenge of culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Christopher R. Marshall
Christopher R. Marshall*
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University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Christopher R. Marshall, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Museum Studies, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Contemporary museums continue to play a vital role in articulating powerful statements of national and cultural identity for broad and diverse audiences. Focusing on a range of global case studies – from recently instituted displays at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore to the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC and from the British Museum in London to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne – the author will consider some of the key challenges facing contemporary museums in their efforts to incorporate new insights and approaches to presenting art and culture in contemporary contexts. A particular focus will be provided on the problem of the repatriation/reunification of ancient sculptures and artworks, of which the Parthenon sculptures is a major case.

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Diogenes , Volume 58 , Issue 3: Cross-Cultural Art History in a Polycentered World , August 2011 , pp. 35 - 44
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Copyright © ICPHS 2012

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