Heritage, museums and galleries : an introductory reader
This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the key issues that have faced heritage, museums and galleries in recent years. It presents a clear overview of the heritage sector and encourages a blurring of the often artificial boundaries between heritage, museum and gallery studies. Comprising twenty-eight thought-provoking articles, Heritage, Museums and Galleries introduces and discusses a range of important topics in detail. These include:-Human remains, repatriation and illicit trade in antiquities-Indigenous peoples, heritage management and museum action-presentation, multiculturalism and globalisation-Memories and meaning-making-Contestation and controversy-Communication, interpretation and education-Heritage tourism