Museology & Heritage Studies

Throughout its history, the Ashmolean has evolved to meet changing needs and reflect new ideas. In the process, it has transformed from a cabinet o...

In the Louvre you can find European masterpieces among the varied magnificent collections. This virtual tour through the museum shows these masterp...

'A refreshingly original meditation... I wish I had written it myself' Literary ReviewGraveyards are oases: places of escape, peace and reflection....

The first years of the twenty-first century have witnessed an impressive re-evaluation of Islamic art and archaeology. However, while museums and g...

This edited collection challenges and re-imagines what is heritage in Britain as a globalised, vernacular, cosmopolitan post-nation. It takes its i...

The castles and other properties owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland are precious jewels in the crown of the nations heritage. Ens...

This compendium of accounts by expert authors links themes of civic history, the Defence of the Realm estate, and modern imperatives for urban rene...

*Winner of the ICA Book of the Year, 2015* Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? ...

Museum Studies - as an academic and practical field of research that is rapidly expanding and alive with potential - presents an opportunity and ch...

Museums are public institutions with various sets of obligations to, and legacies of, individuals and communities. This volume considers theoretica...