The Museum Movement: Carnegie Cultural Philanthropy and Museum Development in the Anglosphere, 1920-1940

by Ian McShane

The Museum Movement provides the first systematic overview of the 'museum movement' of the early twentieth century, which encouraged museums to play a greater role in education and civic uplift.

Highlighting the key role played by the Carnegie Corporation in guiding museum development in the late colonial period, the book shows that the movement was strongly influenced by the racial politics of the period and that its focus on local...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367623625
• ISBN13: 9780367623623
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages