Screen LibraryMuseum architecture : a new biography /
"Museum Architecture: A New Biography focuses on the stories we tell of museum buildings in order to explore the nature of museum architecture and the problems of architectural history when applied to the museum and gallery"--
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Museum Architecture: A New Biography focuses on the stories we tell of museum buildings in order to explore the nature of museum architecture and the problems of architectural history when applied to the museum and gallery"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780415529044 (hardback) : 0415529042 (hardback) 9780415529051 (paperback) 0415529050 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | NA6690 |
| CLC: | TU242.5 |
| Call Number: | TU242.5/M165 |
| Contents: | Telling stories of museum architecture -- "Hobson's Choice": art and grog in Liverpool -- "It is, of course, very easy to make merry over the Alderman in Art": the 1930s extension and renovation -- Ration cards, food hordes and art: occupation by friendly forces and the battle for liberation 1939-1951 -- Art (and architecture) in a city: ambition, illusion and revolution -- The social architecture of museums. |