Book review: Museum storage and meaning: tales from the crypt: reflections on the contemporary role of storages in the preservation of collections
The aim of this review is to analyze the main points of the book “Museum storage and meaning: tales from the crypt”, derived from a workshop organized by Mirjam Brusius and Kavita Singh for the V&A Museum in London. The text presents the structure and content of the book and makes considerat...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositório: | Pós (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/25858 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revistapos/article/view/25858 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Gestão de coleções; Valoração de coleções Coleções em reservas técnicas Gestión de colecciones Valoración de colecciones Colecciones en amacenes Collections management Collections valuation Collections in storage |
| Resumo: | The aim of this review is to analyze the main points of the book “Museum storage and meaning: tales from the crypt”, derived from a workshop organized by Mirjam Brusius and Kavita Singh for the V&A Museum in London. The text presents the structure and content of the book and makes considerations about the contemporary role of museum storages in the preservation of collections. The discussion addresses institutional and infrastructure problems commonly faced by British and Brazilian institutions and concludes by highlighting the complexity of the selection, valuation, use and extraversion aspects involved in the storage of collections. |
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