Conversazione in the University Museum ‘By kind permission of the Delegates’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12415768 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Philips Price (0000-0002-0445-0549), Megan Price (0000-0002-5412-8152, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-35 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-4740 • E-ISSN: 2047-6930 |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5334/bha.16106 |
| OpenAlex | W2103283606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Victorian conversazione was a social gathering held once or twice a year by a learned society.It was a ubiquitous cultural event of tremendous significance and popularity, representing the epitome of middle class cultural sophistication; it was a way of demonstrating to the public the society's scientific prowess and its institutional pride.In Oxford, the Ashmolean Society, the Oxfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club, the Junior Science Club and the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society each held individual and distinct Conversaziones.These occasions normally had a preliminary planning committee, an ambitious programme of events and presented exhibitions of 'natural and artificial wonders' (Bellamy 1908: 337).In Oxford these societies were able to make use of the new University Museum, which had opened in 1860.Surviving plans of exhibits and programmes of speakers reveal that during the 1880s and 1890s, University members such as Edward Tylor (1832
Permission · Political science · Diverse academic and cultural studies · History · Law · Management, Economics, and Public Policy · Museums and Cultural Heritage
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |