Museums and the Material WorldThe underlying theme of this book is the excitement, and challenge, of creating and transforming collections. The Gulf States are in the middle of the most explosive per capita museum building boom in history. And this exponential growth is fuelled by many new methods of amassing, preserving or recording the collections which fill them: public or private, archaeological, historical or artistic. In thirteen detailed case studies and 540 pages, Museums

a problem child

• Helen Graham | Centre for Critical Studies in Museums

understand and explore museum objects

Playing With Light - An Interactive Science Exhibition

São Paulo

National Museums Liverpool

About a transformed environment

Toning and pressing the proofs

Museums Are Not Representative (And This is A Good Thing for    Participation)

But wherever we are

forms and worksheets are included and designed to be freely reproduced and used

and have the freedom to experiment