>The second part is about buildings which weren't built with a
>museological purpose but were adapted or restored to have that
>function: the main
>idea here are the museographical problems posed by this kind of places.

Adapting an old building for use as a museum can indeed be difficult.
Your experience is not at all atypical.  Often significant or
historic buildings are enthusiastically converted to museums without
sufficient planning for the purely functional aspects of their use as
a museum. The constraints then imposed by the historic nature of the
building make modifications difficult.  And as the museum's
activities become more complex, the problems become even more
difficult to resolve.

I don't know of anything that has been written about this particular
problem, but would be happy to correspond about some of the examples
we have seen and some of the ways the many different museological
issues can be addressed.
--

Guy Hermann
Planner
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Verner Johnson & Associates
Museum Architects & Planners
http://www.vernerjohnson.com
voice: 617-437-6262
    fax: 617-437-1272

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