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Toward Centering Indigenous Knowledge in Museum Collections Management Systems

Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
Museums still struggle with colonial data legacies within collections management systems, building mechanisms to be “inclusive” but challenged by how to model more expansive post-colonial ways of thinking. Although it anticipated a need to be “inclusive”
Kara Lewis
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From glass domes to museum cases: Displaying ‘old’ Sèvres porcelain in nineteenth-century Britain

Museum History Journal
Following the paradigmatic shifts of the French Revolution, Sèvres became an increasingly coveted object on the British antiques and curiosity market, commanding significant prices.
Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth
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Darwin’s Chalcopyrite: Engaging Museum Audiences with Global Extractive Stories

Museum & Society
Challenging established narratives and acknowledging the colonial histories of natural history collections is an essential first step in addressing the structural racism that exists within European museums (Das and Lowe 2018). Mineral collections provide
Liz Hide
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Community Collaborations and Social Biographies of Museum Collections from Colonial Contexts

Museum Worlds
In this article, we look at collections of Zulu beadwork at Manchester Museum and Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History tracing their provenances and social biographies.
Njabulo Chipangura, Motsane Getrude Seabela   +1 more
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Collaborative Approach to Updating Object Records at the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum

Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
This paper examines a collaborative approach to the assessment and updating of object records held at the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum (DLB). The Museum is the primary repository of objects and documents relating to the life of David Livingstone ...
Alasdair Campbell, Rachael Smith
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The Urbanized Museum

Museum and Society
In the contemporary world of social change, accelerated mobility and plural identities, the creation of open and inclusive environments seems to be a recurrent aim at all levels from cities to buildings and to museums in particular.
K. Tzortzi
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The role of the museum shop in sustainable futures

Museum Management and Curatorship
In recent years the museum shop has been recognized as an important part of the broader organization, both in its economic contribution and its cultural impact on the visitor experience.
Jamie Larkin, Victor Oliveira, Queen Allotey-Pappoe   +2 more
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“A Museum is … so a Museum should be … ” Exploring Children’s Museum Perceptions to Improve Professional Practice

Journal of Museum Education
What are children’s perceptions of what a museum is and what it should be? Is there a discrepancy between the two, and if so, in what sense? To address these questions, a collaboration between Cultural Inquiry, Fondation Lascaux, Brüttisellen, and the ...
José Antonio Gordillo Martorell
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Exploration and Reflection: The Concept and Practice of Children’s Esthetic Education Development from the Perspective of Chinese Museum-School Cooperation

Journal of Museum Education
This study examines the challenges and benefits of collaboration between museums and schools in enhancing esthetic education in China. It begins by providing an overview of the development of children’s esthetic education in China and explores the ...
Yue Yan
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Ancient glass vessels in Eskişehir Museum

Anatolian Studies, 2001
B. Olcay
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