Museums, Objects, and Collections

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Museums, Objects, and Collections is written by Susan Pearce and published by Smithsonian Institution. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1588345173 (ISBN 10) and 9781588345172 (ISBN 13).

This book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, and the objects that form them. Susan M. Pearce probes the psychological and social reasons that people collect and identifies three modes of collecting: collecting as souvenirs, as fetishes, and as systematic assemblages. She considers how museum professionals set policies of collection management; acquire, study, and exhibit objects; and make meaning of the objects in their care. Pearce also explores the ideological relationship between museums and their collections and the intellectual and social relationships of museums to the public.