Souvenirs of culture : deciphering (in) the museum

Author

Beard, Mary

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art history. 1992, Num. 4, Vol. 15, 505-532, 15 ill.

ISSN

0141-6790

Abstract (en)

Studies the responses of visitors to three London museums as reflected by the images on their best-selling souvenir postcards. Notes that while visitors to the National Gallery and the Tate take home reproductions of paintings, which, as symbols of what the galleries stand for, reveal a process of internalization, the most popular postcards sold at the British Museum include images of the museum building; concludes that here the building itself provides some identity to a baffling and disparate collection of objects.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Museums and museology
• Museums
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• London (GBR)
• Public
• Souvenirs
• Postcards
• British Museum||London (GBR)
• Tate Britain||London (GBR)
• National Gallery||London (GBR)

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Musées et muséologie
• Musée
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• London (GBR)
• Public
• Souvenir
• Carte postale
• British Museum||London (GBR)
• Tate Britain||London (GBR)
• National Gallery||London (GBR)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00367525

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