Book review: Museum storage and meaning: tales from the crypt
reflections on the contemporary role of storages in the preservation of collections
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2021.25858Keywords:
Collections management, Collections valuation, Collections in storageAbstract
The aim of this review is to analyze the main points of the book “Museum storage and meaning: tales from the crypt”, derived from a workshop organized by Mirjam Brusius and Kavita Singh for the V&A Museum in London. The text presents the structure and content of the book and makes considerations about the contemporary role of museum storages in the preservation of collections. The discussion addresses institutional and infrastructure problems commonly faced by British and Brazilian institutions and concludes by highlighting the complexity of the selection, valuation, use and extraversion aspects involved in the storage of collections.
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BACHETTINI, Andréa Lacerda. As reservas técnicas em museus: um estudo sobre os espaços de guarda dos acervos. 2017. 513 f. Tese (Doutorado em Memória Social e Patrimônio Cultural) – Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, 2017.
BRUSIUS, Mirjam; SINGH, Kavita (Ed.). Museum storage and meaning: tales from the crypt. Londres / Nova Iorque: Routledge, 2018. 290 p. (Research in Museum Studies, 14). ISBN: 978-1-315-15939-3.
ICCROM – International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. International Storage Survey 2011 - Summary of results. Roma: ICCROM, 2011. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 15 out. 2020.
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