City Museums and City Development

City Museums and City Development
ISBN-10
0759112320
ISBN-13
9780759112322
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
198
Language
English
Published
2008-09-26
Publisher
Rowman Altamira
Authors
Ian Jones, Robert R. Macdonald, Darryl McIntyre

Description

Traditionally, city museums have been keepers of city history. Many have been exercises in nostalgia, reflecting city pride. However, a new generation of museums focuses increasingly on the city's present and future as well as its past, and on the city in all of its diversity, challenges, and possibilities. Above all, these museums are gateways to understanding the city—our greatest and most complex creation and the place where half the world's population now lives. In this book, experts in the field explore this 'new' city museum and the challenge of contributing positively to city development.

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