Author(s): Suzanne MacLeod
Publisher: Unknown
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 256
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Notes on contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
Part I On the nature of museum space......Page 22
1 Rethinking museum architecture......Page 24
2 Black box science in black box science centres......Page 41
3 Space and the machine......Page 54
4 Creative space......Page 68
Part II Architectural reshaping......Page 78
5 From cultural institution to cultural consumer experience......Page 80
6 Spatial culture, way-finding and the educational message......Page 93
7 The Grande Galerie de l’Evolution......Page 110
8 Producing a public for art......Page 123
9 Towards a new museum architecture......Page 133
Part III Inside spaces......Page 146
10 Building on Victorian ideas......Page 148
11 Representing Enlightenment space......Page 161
12 The studio in the gallery?......Page 173
13 When worlds collide......Page 185
14 Constructing and communicating equality......Page 200
Part IV Creative space......Page 216
15 Threshold fear......Page 218
16 From cathedral of culture to anchor attractor......Page 230
17 The vital museum......Page 241
Index......Page 253
