With the heavy cutbacks worldwide in the museum field, museums need to find other methods to finance their operations (Black, 2012). The survival of museums depends if the audiences come. If no one visits the museum, then what good can the ‘big and expensive institutions’ contribute to the society (Wäre, 2002, p.271)? Opinion on what museums are about differs depending on what values the one you are talking with holds (Hall, 2011). With many trends and countertrends, my interest was caught by the discussion of inclusionary and participatory museum, i.e. the social museum, and the trend of mounting blockbuster exhibitions. While at first glance, these two phenomena seem to contradict one another, I wanted to investigate if it might not be po...
The aim of this study is to illustrate and analyze the future visions of museums and what the future...
This article argues for a need to scrutinize the meeting-place metaphor that is commonly used by mus...
Many institutions currently work with visitor participation. Participatory culture is basically to i...
Museums are judged not solely on the basis of their exhibition quality and collection care but, with...
Whilst society is moving towards an “experience” society, new demands are placed on organisations, b...
Both the government and the museums agree on the fact that museums should be available to everyone a...
This study examines a project carried out by Stockholms stadsmuseum in the area of Östberga in Stock...
Corporate sponsorship of a museum needs to be understood as a legitimised marketing method to create...
Museums have a great impact on the cultural economy of every country and museums have a very signifi...
The purpose of this paper is to study the exhibition Korsvägar at the Museum of World Culture and wi...
Museums are commonly viewed as uninteresting and boring environments where old and dusty objects are...
Danse macabre on the museum scene – notes on the decline and fall of the museum idea The museum idea...
This article deals with the long-known vulnerability of the blockbuster exhibition business model, w...
This article argues for a need to scrutinize the meeting-place metaphor that is commonly used by mus...
The aim of this thesis is to examine how the central museums in Stockholm, Sweden, design and market...
The aim of this study is to illustrate and analyze the future visions of museums and what the future...
This article argues for a need to scrutinize the meeting-place metaphor that is commonly used by mus...
Many institutions currently work with visitor participation. Participatory culture is basically to i...
Museums are judged not solely on the basis of their exhibition quality and collection care but, with...
Whilst society is moving towards an “experience” society, new demands are placed on organisations, b...
Both the government and the museums agree on the fact that museums should be available to everyone a...
This study examines a project carried out by Stockholms stadsmuseum in the area of Östberga in Stock...
Corporate sponsorship of a museum needs to be understood as a legitimised marketing method to create...
Museums have a great impact on the cultural economy of every country and museums have a very signifi...
The purpose of this paper is to study the exhibition Korsvägar at the Museum of World Culture and wi...
Museums are commonly viewed as uninteresting and boring environments where old and dusty objects are...
Danse macabre on the museum scene – notes on the decline and fall of the museum idea The museum idea...
This article deals with the long-known vulnerability of the blockbuster exhibition business model, w...
This article argues for a need to scrutinize the meeting-place metaphor that is commonly used by mus...
The aim of this thesis is to examine how the central museums in Stockholm, Sweden, design and market...
The aim of this study is to illustrate and analyze the future visions of museums and what the future...
This article argues for a need to scrutinize the meeting-place metaphor that is commonly used by mus...
Many institutions currently work with visitor participation. Participatory culture is basically to i...