{"product_id":"the-emergence-of-the-modern-museum-an-anthology-of-nineteenth-century-sources-9780199733576","title":"The Emergence of the Modern Museum: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Sources","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonah Siegel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Modernism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Emergence of the Modern Museum\u003c\/em\u003e, a unique compendium of original sources, presents a detailed and dynamic account of the development of the museum and its practices in Britain during a crucial period of formation. From poignant recollections of visits to stately homes to charged debates about the acquisition of the Elgin Marbles or the establishment of an Indian Museum; from early catalogue entries describing the curiosities discovered by Captain Cook to later ones organizing human skulls according to Darwinian principles-this volume offers a representative sample of the diverse, contentious, and often moving ideas that have shaped the modern institution. With original selections, thematic organization, and insightful critical apparatus, this collection makes newly available a wide range of material, including proposals for reform laid out in parliamentary papers, essays by influential theorists and curators, and firsthand accounts of museum-going in the popular press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881441874071,"sku":"9780199733576","price":3242.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199733576.webp?v=1770231085","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-emergence-of-the-modern-museum-an-anthology-of-nineteenth-century-sources-9780199733576","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}