Pompeii Live

Performing Objects

Bibliographic Data

ID4105019
AuthorsLorna Cruickshanks (corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume14
Issue3
Pages446-455
Publication date2017-06-09
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMuseum and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1479-8360 • E-ISSN: 1479-8360
PublisherUniversity of Leicester (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.29311/mas.v14i3.656
OpenAlexW2752220475
LanguageEN
References cited14

On 18 June 2013, Pompeii Live brought the Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition from the British Museum into over 300 cinemas around the UK and Ireland. This paper draws on empirical research of Pompeii Live and audience experiences of the event, in order to consider: How were the objects featured in Pompeii Live encountered by the audience? What were the factors that shaped meaning and value attributed to them? What role was played by the 'live' in Pompeii Live? As access to museum collections is of growing concern, along with accountability to audiences, museums are likely to continue to trial innovative ways of distributing collections. These new ways of sharing collections and knowledge, through ever changing digital media, further speak to wider questions of what a museum is and what a museum does, challenging traditional notions of access, curation, and interpretation

Art · Digital curation · Exhibition · Media studies · Movie theater · Museum informatics · Sociology · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · History · Museology · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism