Information Bulletin

Information Bulletin
Author: Soviet Union. Posolʹstvo (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1160
Release: 1944
Genre: World War, 1939-1945
ISBN:

Museums of Communism

Museums of Communism
Author: Stephen M. Norris
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253052343

How did communities come to terms with the collapse of communism? In order to guide the wider narrative, many former communist countries constructed museums dedicated to chronicling their experiences. Museums of Communism explores the complicated intersection of history, commemoration, and victimization made evident in these museums constructed after 1991. While contributors from a diverse range of fields explore various museums and include nearly 90 photographs, a common denominator emerges: rather than focusing on artifacts and historical documents, these museums often privilege memories and stories. In doing so, the museums shift attention from experiences of guilt or collaboration to narratives of shared victimization under communist rule. As editor Stephen M. Norris demonstrates, these museums are often problematic at best and revisionist at worst. From occupation museums in the Baltic States to memorial museums in Ukraine, former secret police prisons in Romania, and nostalgic museums of everyday life in Russia, the sites considered offer new ways of understanding the challenges of separating memory and myth.

Moscow

Moscow
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1980
Genre: Moscow (Russia)
ISBN:

Directory of Museums

Directory of Museums
Author: Kenneth Hudson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 864
Release: 1975-06-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1349014885

Moscow Street Guide

Moscow Street Guide
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1975
Genre: Moscow (Russia)
ISBN:

New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology

New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology
Author: Naoko Sonoda
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2016-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811008868

This book presents up-to-date information about museums and museology in present-day Asia, focusing on Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Asian countries today have developed or are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European or North American models. This book provides readers with carefully chosen examples of museum activities—for example, exhibition and sharing information, database construction, access to and conservation of museum collections, relationships between museums and local communities, and international cooperation in the field of cultural heritage. Readers are expected to include museum professionals and museology students.Throughout the course of this book, the reader will understand that a museum is not only a place for collecting, representing, and preserving cultural heritage but also plays a fundamental role in community development. This book is highly recommended to readers who seek a worldwide vision of museum studies.The peer-reviewed chapters in this volume are written versions of the lectures delivered by selected speakers at the international symposium "New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology" held in February 2015 at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.