Good afternoon to everyone!!!

I will be taking a course  in Museums and Historic Sites next term as a
requirement for my Diploma in Heritage Resource management.  Anyway, we
will be focusing on "the Past" and how it is created, our involvment,
politics of exhibit, etc.  Very much a class revolving around critical
theory.  Anyway, I was thinking of a potential essay topic and something
that cmae ot mind was the role of the gift shop in a museum.  How does it
interact within the institution; what notions of the past does it
present to the public,what sort of atmospheric conditions does it have and
how does that correspond with the Museum's presentation, mission, etc.  I
was wondering if anyone knew of any previous research on this subject and,
if so, if they could send the references.  I would really appreciate that.

Thanks
Adrienne Roberts

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Adrienne Roberts
Archaeology Unit
Queen's College
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NF
Canada
(709) 737-8869
(709) 726-3703 (home)
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