Museum For the People

Scribe, Melbourne, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrator: Various. 2.0 kg; XVI, 424 pages, illustrated end pages, text illustrated with reproductions of photographs in both black and white and colour . Colour illustrated dustjacket. The book shows no damage. Marking almost 150 years since the founding of Melbourne's 1st public Museum, this book… Saber más sobre este artículo

Scribe, Melbourne, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrator: Various. 2.0 kg; XVI, 424 pages, illustrated end pages, text illustrated with reproductions of photographs in both black and white and colour . Colour illustrated dustjacket. The book shows no damage. Marking almost 150 years since the founding of Melbourne's 1st public Museum, this book… Saber más sobre este artículo

Scribe Publications Melbourne 2001 . 29.0 x 22.0cms, 420pp, b/w & colour Illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book maps the triumphs and travails of Victoria's state museums. It outlines the changes in their collecting and exhibition philosophies and how these museums have encouraged Australians to review themselves. It has four sections: 1850-1899; 1900-1955; 1956-1982, 1982-2000.