Article ID: CBB001421588

Travelling Museums and Itinerant Collections in Nineteenth-Century Latin America (2013)

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There is one genre of museums that remains little understood --- travelling collections. These museums put on display natural history collections, anatomical specimens, and ethnographical models in wax. Maintained by itinerate charlatans and impresarios, their exhibits were displayed and interpreted in ever changing varieties. Travelling museums appealed to both the general public and the scientific community. As is evident from the reviews in newspapers and the catalogues that spread information about the specimens on display, travelling museums blurred the boundaries between science, commerce, and entertainment. Based on the analysis of sources dispersed across several repositories and archives in South America and Europe, and focusing on travelling museums that passed through Buenos Aires in the 1880s, this paper sheds new light on the manifold social and cultural practices involved in the circulation of knowledge. Keywords: Anatomical Museums ; Quacks ; Wax Models ; Latin America ; Circulation of collections

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Authors & Contributors
Samuel Shaw
Versiero, Marco
Mascardi, Chiara
Ambrosi, Moira
Charles Avery
Carraro, Sabina
Concepts
Museums
Anatomy
Exhibits
Science and culture
Science and art
Natural history
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Early modern
Modern
20th century, early
Places
Europe
Florence (Italy)
United States
Spain
Italy
Great Britain
Institutions
American Museum of Natural History
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
American Museum of Natural History, New York
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