Micromuseology: an analysis of small independent museums
Micromuseology: an analysis of small independent museums
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微型博物馆学:小型独立博物馆的分析
DOI:
10.1080/09647775.2017.1347738
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
M. Schwarzer
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作者:
M. Schwarzer
Captain Beany, the affable curator of the Baked Bean Museum of Excellence, can often be found reclining in inflatable Heinz Bean chair in his flat in Port Talbot, UK, surrounded by his vast collection of baked bean paraphernalia. You can chat with him if you decide to visit; the museum is open to the public five days a week. If baked beans arenLt your cup of tea, but you nonetheless crave an unusual museum-going experience, perhaps the voluminous collection of historic radio equipment in the Vintage Wireless Museum will turn you on. It overwhelms most of the rooms in a private home in West Dulwich. After touring you through the exhibits, Gerry Wells, the opinionated octogenarian who runs the show, might invite you into his kitchen for a cup of tea and a one-way conversation about the current state of the world. Then there is the Museum of Witchcraft, a pilgrimage site in Boscastle, Cornwall staffed by practicing witches. Its enchanted objects include a recreated wisewomanLs cottage, protection dolls, magical tools, and small figurines used for healing or casting spells. LThere is a museum for everything: even civil war battles depicted by catsL reads one recent headline in the Washington Post, describing a museum of miniature dioramas featuring 1,900 miniature clay cats in battle poses and run by two sisters out of their home in Pennsylvania, in the US (Heller 2016). LFrom limos to junk, quirky museums tell BeijingLs history, L reads another in the Daily Mail, describing a back alley museum filled with items plucked from the garbage in Beijing, China (Bing, Tongjian, and Zheng 2016).