The Origins of Museums

Download or read book The Origins of Museums written by Oliver R. Impey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present-day museums are almost as diverse in character as the collections that they contain, yet all are united by a historical thread leading back to a common origin in collections of "curiousities" in 16th and 17th-century Europe. In this unique, thorough account of the history of collecting, 35 noted authors discuss museums and their methods and sources of acquisitions, and the principles they used in cataloguing, publishing, and display.