Re: Lifesaving or Museumsaving?


Dear Jennifer

There are many examples of museums in the conditions You describe. Just
some of my country:

The Swiss Jazz Museum, an institution of a national society of jazz.
(Address: Stollenrain 10, CH - 4144 Arlesheim).

And a case similar to yours: The Museum of the fire brigade of the city
of Basle (CH - 4003 Basel).

The Swiss Alpine Museum (CH - 3005 Berne) depends, partially, of the
Swiss Alpen Club.

A frequent type of dependent museums are the treasure museums in the
administration of local church communities. Sometimes they have very
precious, old objects, but often they dont respond entirely to the
common museums definition. I have dealt with this problem in my recent
museums study thesis, specially with the question wether the objects of
these museums are looked at first as religious (may be sacred) things or
as museums objects. To special occasions some of them are taken out of
the museums vitrines and used in the liturgical sense, coming back soon
to be presented to tourists as cultural artifacts.
I would like very much to receive comments to this question or some
indications of other church / dome museums.

Yours

Peter Kaiser

museologist
Fliederweg 5
CH - 5000 Aarau
phone **41 62 824 56 25
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