On May 18th the worldwide museum community celebrates International Museum Day. This day is an occasion to raise public awareness on how important museums are in the enrichment of cultural exchange, development of society, and cooperation among people. For more information on the theme and calendar of events, visit the International Council of Museums webpage.
Catherine A. Nichols Exchanging Objects and my broader research agenda considers how and why certain objects left museums, institutions so often associated with preservation, archiving, and keeping. It can be an odd thing, to go to a museum to intentionally study things that aren’t there. When the idea for this research was suggested to me […]
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Posted 18 May 2021
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Also tagged: anthropology, archives, Berghahn Open Anthro, COVID-19, International Museum Day, mobility, Museum Anthropology, museum day, museum studies, museum worlds, museums, Preservation
