Staging Migration (in) Museums

A Reflection on Exhibition Design Practices for the Representation of Migration in European Contemporary Museums

Bibliographic Data

ID7928215
AuthorsFrancesca Lanz (0000-0002-0041-1649, Politecnico di Milano, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume14
Issue1
Pages178-192
Publication date2017-06-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMuseum and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1479-8360 • E-ISSN: 1479-8360
PublisherUniversity of Leicester (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.29311/mas.v14i1.633
OpenAlexW2689507740
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited10

Migration, cultural diversity and the growing ethnic-cultural mix that characterize contemporary society are nowadays a key issue for European museums. Since the 1990s a rich theoretical debate on the subject has been developed by scholars and the museums community at large, several ‘migration museums’ have been opened across Europe, while, most recently, a number of museums have been reassessing their collections and galleries in relation to issues such as emigration, immigration, cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue. This article aims at contributing to the debate with a museographical reflection on the subject by exploring its design implications, to finally suggest that the challenge for representing migration in museums does not only concern the museum’s curatorial approaches but also requires the development of new exhibition settings and practices.Keywords: exhibition design; migration museums; museography

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Contemporary art · Emigration · Ethnic group · Exhibition · Immigration · Library science · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Law · Museology · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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