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MUSEUM BOOK
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| By: |
Jan Mark, Richard Holland (Illus) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844287491 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844287499 |
| Publisher: |
WALKER BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2007 |
| Pages: |
56 |
| Description: |
Reflects on the Muses and the word museum, on why and how people collect things, on different kinds of museums (cabinets, buildings, villages, towns), on their contribution to science and on the notion of classification. This book examines the Elgin Marbles (saved or stolen?), famous fakes, the dodo, and some great collectors. |
| Synopsis: |
Suppose you went into a museum and you didn't know what it was. From the first sentence of this brilliant book, Jan Mark inspires us to think. She muses on the Muses and the word museum, on why and how people collect things, on different kinds of museums (cabinets, buildings, villages, towns), on their contribution to science and on the notion of classification. She examines the Elgin Marbles (saved or stolen?), famous fakes, the dodo, and some great collectors. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Walker Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |