Hi besides the publications already mentioned the below  might also provide
you with more background information
ICOFOM symposium "Museum and Community" in Beijing 1994 and  Stavanger 1995,
that dealt with this topic. Other books and articles are:


Beilmann, M., "Nationalmuseen in Deutschland: das Museum als
Bildungsanstalt", Kunst & Antiquitäten 6, 1990: 10-13.
Boylan, P. J., "Reflecting the state of the nation", Museums Journal 95/2,
1995: 24-25.
Gombac, B., "The National Museum - An individual case study", (ICOM-Treffen
Großkochberg, November 1993), 1993.
Jensen, J., "Christian Jürgensen Thomsens museum - en guldaldervision",
Nordisk Museologi 1993/1, 1993: 17-30.
Plessen, M. L. v., The German Historical Museum - reasons and circumstances
of its creation and finalities - do we need again a National Museum by the
end ot the 20th century? (Tagung "Museologie" Umea, 20. 4. 1990).
Plessen, M. v., "Order and culture, passages of popularization", Nordisk
Museologi 1994/1: 25-30.
Raffler, Marlies: "(National-)Museumsprojekte in der Habsburgermonarchie im
frühen 19. Jahrhundert". Manuskript 1999.
Seipel, W., "Das Museum in Österreich und sein Stellenwert in einem
zusammenwachsenden Europa", Neues Museum e u. 4/1994: 37-46.
Smrekar, A., The National Gallery : The Ideological difficulties of the
Specialized Museum. (Prag 1990).
Wäre, R., "The National Museum of Finland 1916-1996 - from preservation to
presentation", Nordisk Museologi 1996/2: 139-148.





>From: James Gore <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Museums and National Identity
>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:49:47 +1100
>
>I was just compiling a number of references for this list when I saw
>Kaylin's reply, which covers most of the literature I was going to
>recommend so I have discarded that.
>My doctoral research is concerned with how museums represent nation, with a
>focus on Australia and New Zealand. A couple more suggestions are below. I
>could find many more by looking through my bibliography, so please let me
>know if anyone has further questions.
>Regards,
>James Gore
>
>Complementing Kaylin, I recommend especially Kaplan's (ed) Museum and the
>Making of Ourselves and Bennett's Birth of the Museum. Also Macdonald and
>Fyfe (eds) Theorizing Museums, especially the introduction and Martin
>Prosler's chapter 'Museums and Globalization'.
>
>A couple of other suggestions that people might not be aware of:
>Boylan, P. 1990. 'Museums and Cultural Identity'. Museums Journal vol. 90,
>no. 10 (1990): pp.29-34.
>
>Healy, C. 1997. From the Ruins of Colonialism: History as Social Memory.
>Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. esp. chapter 3.
>
>Marepo Eoe, S., ‘Creating a National Unity: The role of museums,’ in
>International Council of Museums, ICOM 1995 "Museums and Communities"
>Proceedings of the XVIIth International Council of Museums General
>Conference, July 2nd - 7th 1995, Stavanger, Norway, Stavanger, 1995
>
>McIntyre, D. & Wehner, K. (eds.). 2001. National Museums – Negotiating
>Histories: Conference Proceedings. Canberra: National Museum of Australia
>in association with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research and the
>Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy.
>
>Walsh, K. 1992. The representation of the past: museums and heritage in the
>post-modern world. London & New York: Routledge.
>
>James Gore
>University of Melbourne
>
>
>   From: Kaylin Goldstein <k
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Kaylin Goldstein <[log in to unmask]>
>   To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>   Date: Saturday, 19 January 2002 8:13
>   Subject: Re: Museums and National Identity
>
>
>
>   Dear Aaron,
>
>   Here some titles from my museum bibliography. I am completing a
>dissertation on the politics of Israeli museums and would be happy to
>discuss the topic in greater depth if you have further questions. And I'm
>glad to get reading suggestions from other list members!
>
>   Regards,
>
>   Kaylin Goldstein
>
>   Department of Anthropology
>   University of Chicago
>
>   Anderson, B. 1991. “Census, Map, Museum” in Imagined Communities:
>Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism, 2nd edition. London:
>Verso.
>
>   Azoulay, A. 1994. “With Open Doors: Museums and Historical Narratives in
>Israel's Public Space,” in Museum Culture. Edited by D. J. Sherman and I.
>Rogoff. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
>
>   Bennett, T. 1995. The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics.
>London: Routledge.
>
>   Boswell, D., and J. Evans. 1999. Representing the Nation: A Reader:
>Histories, Heritage and Museums. London: Routledge. [Especially Part Three,
>“Museums as Classificatory Systems and Their Prehistories,” and Part Four,
>“Museums and Cultural Management.”]
>
>   Coombes, A. E. 1994. Reinventing Africa: Museums, Material Culture and
>Popular Imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England. New Haven:
>Yale University Press.
>
>   Duncan, C. 1991. “Art Museums and the Rituals of Citizenship,” in
>Exhibiting Cultures. Edited by I. Karp and S. D. Lavine. Washington D.C.:
>Smithsonian Institution Press.
>
>   Jager, S. M. forthcoming. "Monumental Histories: Manliness, the
>Military, and the War Memorial," Public Culture 14:2.
>
>   Kaplan, F. E. S. Editor. 1994. Museums and the Making of "Ourselves":
>The Role of Objects in National Identity. New York: St. Martin's Press.
>
>   Karp, I., C. M. Kreamer, and S. D. Lavine. Editors. 1992. Museums and
>Communities: The Politics of Public Culture. Washington DC: Smithsonian
>Institution Press.
>
>   Karp, I., and S. D. Lavine. Editors. 1991. Exhibiting Culture: The
>Poetics and Politics of Museum Display. Washington DC: Smithsonian
>Institution Press.
>
>   Katriel, T. 1997. Performing the Past: A Study of Israeli Settlement
>Museums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
>
>   Macdonald, S. 1996. “Theorizing Museums: An Introduction,” in Theorizing
>Museums. Edited by S. Macdonald and G. Fyfe. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
>
>   Stocking, G. W. Editor. 1985. Objects and Others: Essays on Museums and
>Material Culture. History of Anthroplogy. Madison WI: University of
>Wisconsin Press.
>
>
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Aaron Goldblatt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>     Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:36 AM
>     To: [log in to unmask]
>     Subject: Museums and National Identity
>
>
>     Hello Folks,
>     I am looking for articles concerning museums and national identity.
>Has
>     anyone come across (or authored) anything along these lines - how
>museums
>     are involved in the establishment of a "national identity" - for good,
>bad,
>     devious or heroic motives - the ideology of the author is less
>important to
>     me than addressing the issue.  I am grateful for your help.
>     Aaron
>
>     Aaron Goldblatt
>     Assistant Director
>     Wagner Free Institute of Science
>     1700 West Montgomery Avenue
>     Philadelphia, PA  19121
>     215-763-6529 x11 voice
>     215-763-1299 fax
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