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By (author) Hopkins Owen
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Packed with stunning imagery and featuring the world’s most celebrated cultural institutions, architectural historian and museum curator Owen Hopkins looks at the fascinating history of The Museum.
This beautiful and visually immersive book charts the fascinating story of the institution of the Museum, from its origins to the present.
Visited by millions around the world every year, museums are one of mankind’s most essential creations. They tell stories
, shape cultural identities and hold
valuable insight about the past and about the future. This
captivating works charts a path from the very first collection through to the latest developments in cultural curation, interweaving
Using examples of the
greatest cultural institutions to shape the narrative, historian and academic Owen Hopkins draws on his deep knowledge of the field to
outline the history of the museum movement.
Tracking the evolution from princely collections in Europe and the Enlightenment’s classically inspired temples of curiosities, via the public museums of the late nineteenth century, on to today’s global era of
iconic buildings designed by the world’s leading architects, this book is a
vital work for anyone seeking to understand the development of the museum into what it is today.
Over the course of five chapters
filled with stunning imagery that highlights the beauty of these venerated buildings,
the origins of key institutions are revealed, including:
- Louvre
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- British Museum
- Tate Modern
- The Hermitage
- Guggenheim
- Smithsonian Institute
- Acropolis Museum
Also outlined are the motivations of the
architects, curators and patrons who have shaped how we experience the modern museum, a cast that includes names such as
King George II,
Napoleon,
Henry Clay Frick,
Peggy Guggenheim,
Andrew Carnegie,
Alfred Barr,
Frank Lloyd Wright,
Le Corbusier,
Frank Gehry,
Richard Rogers,
Nicholas Serota and
Zaha Hadid.
By examining how these venues became
intrinsic to our shared cultural experience, analysing the changing roles they play in society and questioning what the future holds in a digital age,
this book is for anyone who has stood in awe at the spectacle of a museum.
Table of contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: THE AGE OF MUSEUMS
1. ORIGINS
2. THE ENLIGHTENMENT MUSEUM
3. THE PUBLIC MUSEUM
4. THE MODERN MUSEUM
5. THE GLOBAL MUSEUM
6. THE MUSEUM NOW
END NOTES
INDEX
FURTHER READING
PICTURE CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
North America:
1. Smithsonian, Washington DC (mentions of National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Zoological Park, the Freer Gallery, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)
2. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
3. American Museum of Natural History
4. Frick Museum, NYC
5. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
6. Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard, Boston
7. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
8. Guggenheim, NYC
9. Carnegie Museums, Pittsburg
10. Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio
11. Denver Art Museum
12. SFMOMA, San Francisco
13. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
14. MOCA, LA
15. The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC
16. Milwaukee Art Museum
17. Figge Art Museum, Iowa
18. St Louis Art Museum, Missouri
19. de Young Museum in San Francisco
20. Anchorage M
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