Dear Colleagues,
I am still thinking about museum definitions.... But the comment I would like
to make is that I appreciate this fast and furious disscussion on ICOM's
discussion list. It is very nice to read input from colleagues all over the
world, it helps me clarify my thinking.
Thanks Discussion "Listers"
Cheers,
Bev Kennedy
Programs & Services Director/Curator
Kilby Historic Store & Farm Museum
Harrison Mills, BC Canada
Quoting Gary Edson <[log in to unmask]>:
> On 10/7/03 3:51 PM, "floris guntenaar" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> One of the questions that is reoccurring is how does a museum preserve and
> present intangible heritage without making it tangible. Exhibiting an mask
> from West Africa, as an example, presents the object, but it does not
> present the intangible heritage that caused the mask to be made. It is
> possible to preserve a recorded song or chant, but it is the recording that
> is preserved not the heritage that caused it to be created or sung.
> Generally, heritage is represented by its symbols, and they change with each
> generation.
>
> Gary Edson
>
>
> > And what about intangible heritage ?
> > Floris
> > (Floris Guntenaar, museumdepot.org foundation)
> >
> >> Gary,
> >> I like the gerneral approach for its directness and simplicity but
> >> "...and often objects..."???
> >> Isn't this a bit like saying that a vegetable market it a
> >> nutritional outlet that has stalls, awnings and often vegetables.
> >> Museums without objects are clearly the exception and their status
> >> is still a matter to be resolved. It seems to me that collections
> >> of objects are at the very heart of what makes museum education
> >> unique and therefore they deserve a far stonger position in the
> >> definition.
> >> Milton
> >> (Milton Bloch)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>>> [log in to unmask] 10/07/03 10:50AM >>>
> >> Colleagues:
> >>
> >> The following is one of the definition that has been suggested. What are
> >> your thoughts about this idea. Does it adequately describe a "museum,"
> or
> >> is it too broad, too limiting, too inclusive, or too exclusive?
> >>
> >>
> >> A MUSEUM IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC BY
> >> INTERPRETING SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND/OR NATURAL HERITAGE THROUGH
> >> THE USE OF A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND OFTEN OBJECTS. MUSEUMS THAT
> >> HOLD COLLECTIONS CARE FOR THEM AS A PUBLIC TRUST AND PRESERVE THEM
> >> FOR THE FUTURE.
> >>
> >> Gary Edson
> >>
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Bev Kennedy
Fraser Heritage Society
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