Book ID: CBB001201464

Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (2012)

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Longair, Sarah (Editor)
McAleer, John (Editor)


Manchester University Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xii + 240 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the development of a variety of museums across the globe.

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Review Dibley, Ben (2014) Review of "Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience". Australian Historical Studies (p. 274). unapi

Review Stanard, Matthew G. (2014) Review of "Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience". Journal of British Studies (p. 248). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter McAleer, John (2012) The Case of Thomas Baines, Curator-Explorer Extraordinaire, and the Display of Africa in Nineteenth-Century Norfolk. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 17). unapi

Chapter Wintle, Claire (2012) Visiting the Empire at the Provincial Museum, 1900--50. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 37). unapi

Chapter Knapman, Gareth (2012) Curiosities or Science in the National Museum of Victoria: Procurement Networks and the Purpose of a Museum. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 82). unapi

Chapter Wellington, Jennifer (2012) Narrative as History, Image as Memory: Exhibiting the Great War in Australia, 1917--41. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 104). unapi

Chapter Basu, Paul (2012) A Museum for Sierra Leone? Amateur Enthusiasms and Colonial Museum Policy in British West Africa. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 145). unapi

Chapter McEvansoneya, Philip (2012) Sir William Gregory and the Origins and Foundation of the Colombo Museum. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 188). unapi

Chapter Qureshi, Sadiah (2012) Tipu's Tiger and Images of India in British Museums, 1799--2009. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 207). unapi

Chapter Longair, Sarah; McAleer, John (2012) Introduction: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 1). unapi

Chapter McCarthy, Conal (2012) Carving Out a Place in the Better Britain of the South Pacific: Maori in New Zealand Museums and Exhibitions. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 56). unapi

Chapter Longair, Sarah (2012) “The Lady Curator's Style”: Negotiating Curatorial Challenges in the Zanzibar Museum. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 122). unapi

Chapter Nair, Savithri Preetha (2012) Edgar Thurston at the Madras Museum (1885--1909): The Multiple Careers of a Colonial Museum Curator. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 168). unapi

Chapter Longair, Sarah; McAleer, John (2012) Afterword: Objects, empire and museums. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 225). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Murphy, Kathleen S.
Dibley, Ben
Spear, Jeffrey L.
Quintero Toro, Camilo
Newell, Jennifer
Nair, Savithri Preetha
Concepts
Museums
Colonialism
Collectors and collecting
Collections
Great Britain, colonies
Science and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
20th century
Enlightenment
Places
Great Britain
India
West Africa
North America
Atlantic world
Papua New Guinea
Institutions
Madras Museum
British Museum
Museum of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
Museum Boerhaave (Leiden)
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