{"title":"A Museology for Open-Air Museums","authors":"Sascha Bjarnø Olinsson","doi":"10.5334/jcms.223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.223","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to assess the mechanisms of the Open-Air museum heritage interpretation approach in an attempt to establish a museology definition for the Open-Air museum concept, which can help us to deconstruct the components that make the model distinct and sustainable. This will be achieved by identifying the underlying principles of the Open-Air museum approach, as well as assessing the particular resources associated with the approach. The objective is to establish what a generally applicable Open-Air museum approach would look like and assess how the fundamentals of this approach can impact on sustainable economic development in Open-Air museums as well as other heritage settings. The study has performed an exhaustive literature review on Open-Air museums, and the review findings are corroborated with data from a 2018 survey on Danish and English Open-Air museums and in-depth interviews with management staff from two leading Open-Air museums in both countries. The study demonstrates that Open-Air museums rely heavily on intangible heritage resources to build their mediation approach and that their museology approach has been successful to the extent of developing a successful pedagogical tool that is furthermore a sustainable cultural “product”.","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70674887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fakers and Mold-Makers: The Use of Structured Light Scanning to Detect Forgeries of Pre-Hispanic Effigies from Oaxaca","authors":"J. Jennings, April Hawkins, A. Sellen, G. Morrow","doi":"10.5334/jcms.216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70674762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kaitiakitanga: Utilising Māori Holistic Conservation in Heritage Institutions","authors":"S. R. Nolan","doi":"10.5334/jcms.215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70674712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Let’s Imagine a New Museum Staff Structure","authors":"Martina Tanga","doi":"10.5334/jcms.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.197","url":null,"abstract":"Facing multiple unprecedented calamities throughout 2020—a global pandemic, economic upheaval, social turmoil, and climate crisis—museums shuttered, decimated their staff, and gutted their organizational structures. Now, they seem to struggle to maintain outward relevance in these bleak and uncertain times. What if, instead of being reactive, museums are proactive; instead of being defensive, they model social change? What if this change comes first from within? What if they rebuild differently, not guided by an insidious corporate model but one that places access, diversity, community, care, and people at its center? What if overhauling the internal staff structure—the static, hierarchical power dynamic, departmental silos, and over-bureaucratization of larger institutions—results in a museum that reflects twenty-first-century ideals of democracy? Let’s envision a different museum staff structure inspired by feminist theory, social entrepreneurship, and grassroots organizations.","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41322348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 Pandemic: Threat or Opportunity for Blind and Partially Sighted Museum Visitors?","authors":"Rafie Cecilia","doi":"10.5334/JCMS.200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/JCMS.200","url":null,"abstract":"The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a severe impact on museums and the cultural sector New social distancing rules one-way navigation systems, and hand sanitising regulations are affecting the embodied practice of visitors inside the museum These changes potentially pose a threat to the experience of disabled people, in particular blind and partially sighted visitors, as they create new barriers to access the environment and the collection On the other hand, the development of accessible digital content and access to online collections offered a positive experience during the lockdown periods, as disabled people could socialise and participate in cultural activities from home Museums are now called upon to identify the long-term positive and negative effects of the pandemic on the physical and digital museum experience of disabled visitors Museum professionals need to work around the clock to ensure that new embodied and digital practices become long-term opportunities to enhance accessibility and inclusion, rather than another insurmountable barrier for disabled people","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42972820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planning for a Sustainable Cultural Heritage Sector in a New Age","authors":"David Prince, Daniel N. Laven, S. Lawson","doi":"10.5334/jcms.199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70675097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Catching Shadows: The Exhibition of Intangible Heritage of Moana Oceania in Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected]","authors":"L. M. Daly","doi":"10.17863/CAM.45967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.45967","url":null,"abstract":".......................................................................................................................................... ii Dedication ...................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................................... iv Table of","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44261186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Museum Audio Guides in the Construction of Prosthetic Memory","authors":"L. Bertens, S. Polak","doi":"10.5334/jcms.182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.182","url":null,"abstract":"The intimacy and affective impact of the audio guide – and the spoken voice – could make it a suitable medium to represent and construct cultural memory. Research on the relevance of the audio guide in the context of cultural memory has, to the best of our knowledge, not yet been conducted. This article will address this by presenting experimental findings on the impact of two custom-made audio guides on visitors and subsequently examining these within a theoretical framework based on Alison Landsberg’s concept of prosthetic memory, as well as Gerard Genette’s writings about paratexts. In doing so, the focus is on examining the emotional distances perceived between the audio guide and the object on the one hand and the audio guide and its user on the other, as well as the balance between these two. We show that a close link between object and audio guide can either help emotionally engage the user or feel restrictive. A close connection between audio guide and user may be perceived as misleading but can also involve the user in creating prosthetic memory.","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48779306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan G. Morice, Juliana Benavides-Rodríguez, Geraldine Conejo-Barboza, Carmen Marín, M. Montero, O. Herrera-Sancho
{"title":"A Brief Insight Into the Secrets of the 120-Year-Old Main Curtain of the National Theatre of Costa Rica Through Non-Destructive Characterization Techniques","authors":"Juan G. Morice, Juliana Benavides-Rodríguez, Geraldine Conejo-Barboza, Carmen Marín, M. Montero, O. Herrera-Sancho","doi":"10.5334/JCMS.172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/JCMS.172","url":null,"abstract":"This article features the preliminary characterization of thirty different-colored samples. The scrutinized fragments were taken from the 120-year-old main curtain from the National Theater of Costa Rica. Results from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shed light on the textiles used, evidencing the presence of cotton in the reinforcement fabric and linen in the curtain itself. The infrared spectroscopy technique (FTIR) conveys information on the binders used, egg yolk in this case. The elemental composition of the studied pieces was identified using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy technique. Among the most common elements obtained are Zn, Ti, Ca and Ba. Samples which were green or red contained Cu or Cd and Se, respectively. Brown samples present marked signals of Fe. These findings point toward the use of materials such as verdigris, malachite, Scheele green, Cadmium red and Iron oxides as possible pigments within the palette of the curtain. The results obtained through these techniques are supported by a principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis, confirming the presence of three color groups and the existence of mixtures of pigments within the samples. This article delves into the world of stage curtains, from a technical, scientific and historical point of view.","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43055442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting Future Condition and Conservation Costs from Modelling Improvements to the Indoor Environment: The Monumental Munch-Paintings in the University of Oslo’s Aula Assembly Hall","authors":"T. Grøntoft, L. P. Stoveland, T. Frøysaker","doi":"10.5334/JCMS.185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/JCMS.185","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this work was to assess how improvements to the indoor environment could affect the future condition, frequency and costs of major conservation-cleaning campaigns on the monumental paintings (1909–1916) by Edvard Munch, centrally located in the Aula assembly hall of the University of Oslo. A lower soiling rate is expected to reduce the need for frequent and major cleaning campaigns. Estimations were performed using the freely available NILU-EnvCul web-model. The conservation of these large, mostly unvarnished, oil paintings is challenging, and it is important to understand the potential benefits of preventive conservation measures. The results from the model suggested benefits from preventive conservation in protecting the paintings, and as a cost-efficient strategy to reduce the soiling and cleaning frequency. The model results indicated that an improvement in the indoor air quality in the Aula, of 50–80% as compared to the 1916–2009 average, would increase the time until the next similar major conservation cleaning campaign from approximately 45 years to between about 85 and 165 years. This should give a 45–70% reduction in the respective conservation costs. This saving was probably initiated by improvements in the recent past, before the last Aula campaign in 2009–11.","PeriodicalId":92401,"journal":{"name":"Journal of conservation & museum studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41861648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}