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museums;
original book,
a form of media.
and Otto Neurath;
Michelle Henning
and material things.
Cover design: del norte (Leeds)
contemporary examples,
documents or specimens.
Cover illustration: Charlotte Combe
the museum as a media-form,
Cultural Theory
instruments of social reform.
Museums,Media and Cultural Theory
In doing so,
to science centres;
of experience, memory and knowledge.
the American Indian in Washington D.C.
the University of the West of England,
museums. She also works as a visual artist.
Museums Media and
confirm the existing order of things,
Bristol.
from cabinets of curiosity,
She discusses both historical and
important sites for the development of new forms
Henning reveals how museums can be theorized as
they become
Yet objects in
museums can exceed their designated roles as
Museums can work to reproduce ideologies and
or as
historical and contemporary museums and
exhibitions restage the relationship between people
In this wide-ranging and
Michelle Henning explores how
and Bayer; the experimental museums of Paul Otlet
through the avant-garde exhibition design of Lissitzy
histories relevant to the museum in the 21st century.
discussion of a wide range of display techniques.

and in its detailed and critical
Her other
is unique in its treatment of
indispensable introduction to some of the key ideas, texts and
It is an
is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at
publications include essays on photography and digital media,
and major developments such as Guggenheim
theories of sensation in modernity and new media in
immersive and virtual
Bilbao,Tate Modern in London and the National Museum of
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