Museums as Living Organisms: Temporality and Change in Museum Institutions

This paper takes Greek philosopher Plato’s well-known observation that no living or- ganism stays actually the same throughout its lifetime since its fundamental nature is instead continuous change, and applies it to museum institutions. Museum institutions might be re- garded as living organisms as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elisa Bernard, Maria Luisa Catoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eum edizioni università di macerata 2022-12-01
Series:Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage
Online Access:http://riviste.unimc.it/index.php/cap-cult/article/view/2793