Museums in contemporary society - for iPad/Mac/PC

The Open University

What are museums for? In this album we look behind the displays to reveal the conflicting roles, power struggles and ethical dilemmas that affect museums today. Once the undisputed sources of authority on the objects in their care, museums now have to justify their decisions to the government, to their audiences, sometimes even to vociferous pagans. The challenge is to reach out to new audiences and devise new ways of communicating with them. The...Read More

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Museums in contemporary s...

15 Jul 2009 | 01 min 38 secs

Museums in contempor...

15 Jul 2009 | 01 min 38 secs

Secrets of the V&A

15 Jul 2009 | 10 mins 32 secs

Secrets of the V&A

15 Jul 2009 | 10 mins 32 secs

Redefining the V&A

15 Jul 2009 | 10 mins 10 secs

Redefining the V&A

15 Jul 2009 | 10 mins 10 secs

Global heritage: course t...

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 04 secs

Global heritage: cou...

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 04 secs

AHD and global heritage

15 Jul 2009 | 03 mins 19 secs

AHD and global herit...

15 Jul 2009 | 03 mins 19 secs

Authorised heritage disco...

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins

Authorised heritage ...

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins

Museums and the AHD

15 Jul 2009 | 06 mins 06 secs

Museums and the AHD

15 Jul 2009 | 06 mins 06 secs

Secrets of the V&A perspe...

15 Jul 2009 | 08 mins 30 secs

Secrets of the V&A p...

15 Jul 2009 | 08 mins 30 secs

Secrets of the V&A perspe...

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 56 secs

Secrets of the V&A p...

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 56 secs

Redefining the V&A perspe...

15 Jul 2009 | 09 mins 10 secs

Redefining the V&A p...

15 Jul 2009 | 09 mins 10 secs

Redefining the V&A perspe...

15 Jul 2009 | 04 mins 26 secs

Redefining the V&A p...

15 Jul 2009 | 04 mins 26 secs

NMS: Reflecting Scotland

15 Jul 2009 | 04 mins 34 secs

NMS: Reflecting Scot...

15 Jul 2009 | 04 mins 34 secs

NMS perspective: Tim Bent...

15 Jul 2009 | 15 mins 19 secs

NMS perspective: Tim...

15 Jul 2009 | 15 mins 19 secs

Pandering to Pagans?

15 Jul 2009 | 17 mins 44 secs

Pandering to Pagans?

15 Jul 2009 | 17 mins 44 secs

Studying global heritage

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 49 secs

Studying global heri...

15 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 49 secs

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