Museums and the interpretation of visual culture /
Eilean Hooper-Greenhill.
- xiv, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Museum meanings ; 4 .
- Museum meanings ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Culture and meaning in the museum -- Picturing the ancestors and imag(in)ing the nation: the collections of the first decade of the National Portrait Gallery, London -- Speaking for herself? Hinemihi and her discourses -- Words and things: constructing narratives, constructing the self -- Objects and interpretive processes -- Exhibitions and interpretation: museum pedagogy and cultural change -- The rebirth of the museum -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Museums--Philosophy Museums--Educational aspects Museum exhibits Visual communication. Visual learning Visual perception. Communication and culture