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Constructing National Identity Through Museums in Early Republican Turkey: Historical Narrative, Spatial Transformation, Exhibiting Modernity, and Monumentality 共和早期土耳其博物馆的国家认同建构：历史叙事、空间转换、展示现代性与纪念性

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70033

Duygu Atalay Şimşek

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Designing the Heart of a Nation: The Blueprint for an Ideal Museum 设计一个民族的心脏：一个理想博物馆的蓝图

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70024

Md. Habibur Rahman

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Producing the Past With the Digital: Virtual Reality as Remediation in History Museum's Presentation Practice 用数字生产过去：虚拟现实在历史博物馆展示实践中的修复

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70028

Ilkka Lähteenmäki, Marjaana Puurtinen

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“Simply Amazing and Fantastic”: The Maude Abbott Medical Museum Visitor Book, 2018–2023 “简单的惊人和神奇”：莫德·阿博特医学博物馆访客簿，2018-2023

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70025

Rick Fraser

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A Wider View: Amie Siegel's Panorama and the Role of Contemporary Art in Natural History Museum Critique and Practice 更广阔的视野：艾米·西格尔的全景与当代艺术在自然史博物馆批评与实践中的作用

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-03-31 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70030

Deirdre Madeleine Smith

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Telling Stories, Reconnecting People: National Identity Building and the Case of the War Childhood Museum Ukraine 讲述故事，重新连接人：国家身份建设和战争童年博物馆乌克兰的情况

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70029

Iuliia Skubytska

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How a Traveling Exhibition on Wasps Altered Public Perceptions 关于黄蜂的巡回展览如何改变公众的看法

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-02-22 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70026

Brenna L. Decker, Molly B. Cannon, Brookelle Peterson, Megan Wilson

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Exploring the Digital Transformation Dilemma of Chinese Museums: A Comparative Study 探索中国博物馆数字化转型的困境：一个比较研究

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-02-17 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70027

Mengning Han

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Unrealized Fears: Monitoring Museum Closure and Reopening in the United Kingdom During the COVID-19 Pandemic 未实现的恐惧：监测COVID-19大流行期间英国博物馆的关闭和重新开放

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70034

Mark Liebenrood, Andrea Ballatore, Fiona Candlin, Jamie Larkin, Alexandra Poulovassilis, Peter T. Wood

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Curating the Unexpected: Stéphane Thidet's “Weeping Stones” Transformed During COVID-19 意想不到的策划：st<s:1>芬·蒂蒂特的“哭泣的石头”在2019冠状病毒病期间的转变

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Curator: The Museum Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-07 Epub Date: 2026-03-24 DOI: 10.1111/cura.70032

Tamar Mayer, Sefy Hendler, Asaf Ben-David, Darya Aloufy

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