Socializing art museums

• Type: Book
• Date: 2020

Authors

Alonso Tak, Alejandra (Editor) Other; Pazos-López, Ángel (Editor) Other

Publisher

De Gruyter

Berlim

Other information

DOI: 10.1515/9783110662085

Abstract (EN): Art museums today face the challenge of opening themselves up as institutions to a changing society. This publication offers new perspectives on museological trends that are developing in various countries and cultures. Through increasingly flexible, inclusive and unexpected museum typologies, institutions aim to give their visitors greater access to art. The essays define the role of the museum as a medium of social change, as a protagonist in an education process and as a technologically innovative platform. Art historians, but also practitioners from the museum world – including curators, architects and psychologists – examine what is expected of art museums using case studies and against the background of the humanities and social sciences.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 400

ISBN: 978-3-11-064632-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-11-066208-5