Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Volume 2Department of Archaeology, 1983 - Archaeology |
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... sense of history were worthy justifications ; social cachet and , ' least dignified of all ' , financial investment were not . He admits that now he collects antiquities of low commercial value , looking down ' patronisingly ' on those ...
... sense of history were worthy justifications ; social cachet and , ' least dignified of all ' , financial investment were not . He admits that now he collects antiquities of low commercial value , looking down ' patronisingly ' on those ...
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... sense . Museums have always been concerned with two basic tasks : to maintain collections in order not just physically , but also in relation to some philosophical system ; and to explain them to the visitor . Obviously , these tasks ...
... sense . Museums have always been concerned with two basic tasks : to maintain collections in order not just physically , but also in relation to some philosophical system ; and to explain them to the visitor . Obviously , these tasks ...
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... sense , because it is continually changing ( museum curators , in my experience , have a tendency to confuse knowledge of an object with knowledge about that object ) . So museums always risk losing touch with their times , not only ...
... sense , because it is continually changing ( museum curators , in my experience , have a tendency to confuse knowledge of an object with knowledge about that object ) . So museums always risk losing touch with their times , not only ...
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