Museum Management and Curatorship· 2013Q1
Museums and the ‘new museology’: theory, practice and organisational change
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Short summary
The 'new museology' transition in British museums faces organizational and managerial limitations, with practical implementation tied to museum workers' values and interpretation of policy.
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Key points
- The shift to a 'new museology' in British museums is challenged by multiple internal and external pressures.
- Organizational and managerial limitations restrict the practical application of the 'new museology' in public museums.
- Museum workers act as key agents in interpreting and implementing diverse policy expectations.
- The practical implementation of the 'new museology' is directly linked to the values held by museum workers.
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Abstract
The widening of roles and expectations within cultural policy discourses has been a challenge to museum workers throughout Great Britain. There has been an expectation that museums are changing from an ‘old’ to a ‘new museology’ that has shaped museum functions and roles. This paper outlines the limitations of this perceived transition as museum services confront multiple exogenous and endogenous expectations, opportunities, pressures and threats. Findings from 23 publically funded museum services across England, Scotland and Wales are presented to explore the roles of professional and hierarchical differentiation, and how there were organisational and managerial limitations to the practical application of the ‘new museology’. The ambiguity surrounding policy, roles and practice also highlighted that museum workers were key agents in interpreting, using and understanding wide-ranging policy expectations. The practical implementation of the ‘new museology’ is linked to the values held by museum workers themselves and how they relate it to their activities at the ground level.
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Field: Museology
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