The Story of Irish Museums 1790-2000: Culture, Identity and Education

by Marie Bourke

This is the first book to give a long-term and comprehensive account of the stories, the histories and the evolution of Irish museums and galleries. From 1733, when the cabinet of curiosities was an important asset in a gentleman's home to the new millennium, when museums and galleries are at once physical and virtual spaces, this is a fascinating history of the human desire to collect, catalogue, conserve and create stories around our shared heritage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859184758
• ISBN13: 9781859184752
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.7" x 9.5"