Museums and the Past: Constructing Historical Consciousness

ISBN-13: 9780774830614 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 312 str.

Viviane Gosselin; Phaedra Livingstone

Opis

Museums and the Past explores the central role of museums as memory keepers and makers. Using case studies from a Canadian context, the contributors to this collection reflect on the challenges in maintaining and developing museums as meaningful places of memory and learning. Discussions of museum practice and historical consciousness ? how our understanding of the past shapes our sense of the future ? consider the modern museum's narratives and pedagogical responsibilities and how museums continue to inform our sense of history.