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9780920159859

Hall of Mirrors

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  • ISBN13:

    9780920159859

  • ISBN10:

    0920159850

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-01
  • Publisher: Banff Centre Pr
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Summary

If Hall of Mirrors is not an academic work, neither is it journalism ... I have not held back from speculation. I recognize that some of the views expressed here are odd, if not downright eccentric, but they are all my own, and I take full responsibility for them.With this intriguing opening, author Robyn Gillam launches into a richly researched, engaging history of museums that ranges from ancient Greece to Canada's Royal Ontario Museum, Glenbow, and Museum of Civilization. Unafraid to take a strong stand, Gillam points to class, race and gender biases that have maintained a wall around many of Canada's largest public museums. Is there a future for museums in Canada? Robyn Gillam offers her answer in an argument that has implications for other public cultural institutions, for policy makers and the ultimate museum stakeholders: members of the Canadian public.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Foreword ix
A Joke, Some Ideas, and a Personal Reminiscence xiii
The Genealogy of the Museum I: From Temple Treasuries to Revolution
1(26)
The Genealogy of The Museum II: Museum Are Life Ape Apt Are Politics
27(18)
A Brief History of Museum in Canada before the Second World War
45(24)
Museum in Canada From 1945 to 1993
69(32)
The Spirit Sings: A Sour Note in the Museum's Halls
101(34)
A Display if Nationalism: Who Framed George Macdonald and the Museum of Civilization?
135(20)
Fear and Loathing at Bloor and Avenue Road: into The Heart of the Royal Ontario Museum
155(48)
Is There A Future for Museum in Canada?
203(24)
Readings: Museums and Related Topics 227(2)
About The Author 229(2)
Index 231

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