Dear museum list
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discussion list michele

>Dear museum-list
>In a recent interview with the Arts Newspaper (April issue),Ronald de
> >Leeuw, director of the Rijksmuseum discussed his revolutionary changes to
>integrate the departments of fine and decorative arts. His >new plans
>include displaying  a mixture of art and history  objects together telling
>the story of Dutch culture.
>I am wondering, if there are any other examples of how history and art
>departments in larger - or even smaller- museums have worked together to
>integrate exhibitions. What approaches have been taken? A thematic or
>chronological approach?  What dangers and problems are there in showing art
>and history together?  How does one confront others with issues such
>nationalism, colonialism or taboo's within that society's culture?  How
>does one avoid creating stereotypical displays and perhaps  even run the
>chance of glorifying its nation's history? Whose history should be
>presented? And by what Authority? ( How does one avoid the > chance of
>creating of its nations' ultimate and perhaps one sided history...  The
>public might therefore think: it-is- true because it is the museum!)  Is
>there still room to explain the more abstract and political ideas to the
>public? And how? Or by taking by trying to integrate its displays the
>Rijksmuseum is becoming a
>more marketable to a larger non museum public and is  just shaking off its
>elitist armour? And perhaps nothing to worry about at all.. and thus moving
>into an new era.
>
>I guess.... I am just looking for good and bad examples  around the world
>or perhaps even literature of how museums deal with history and what are
>some of the more current practices when showing its nation's past...
>>Michele Jacobs  ([log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask])
>De Boekman Stichting  (www.boekman. nl
>Editor of the Museumkr@nt
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>Please feel free to contact me on or off the list with any suggestions.
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