Reframing museum skepticism.(Museum Skepticism: A History of the Display of Art in Public Galleries)(Book review)

From: Historical Methods | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Brettell, Richard | Copyright information

David Carrier. Museum Skepticism: A History of the Display of Art in Public Galleries. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006.

The scholarly study of the museum, though in its infancy, is beginning to produce texts of real importance and originality. The most basic assumption of this scholarship is that our knowledge of the contents of museums--be they art, archaeology, material culture, "curiosities," historical artifacts, bones, or any other category--is profoundly af...

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