Muzea a české země (1814 – 2014): výzva k revizi historiografické tradice
Museums and Bohemian Countries (1814 - 2014): Call for revision of the historiographical tradition
Author(s): Pavel ŠopákSubject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, 19th Century
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: Czech Lands; museum history; Prague; Brno; Opava; national geographic museums; foundation; establishment;
Summary/Abstract: The marketing campaign launched by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic ahead of the upcoming centenaries of the national geographic museums in Prague, Brno and Opava (1814–1818) is a most suitable starting point for a long overdue critical discussion of the current approach to the history of museums in the Czech Land in particular and Central Europe in general. The concept of a museum‘s foundation, establishment or first opening must be viewed historically because of the difference in its content in a society divided into estates (pre-1860) and in a civil society (post-1860). This paper is a call for a more fine-grained analysis of the history of museums as institutions and a detailed comparative treatment of this concept with the aim of achieving a more objective phenomenology of the museum in 1800-1945 Central Europe.
Journal: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo
- Issue Year: 3/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 9-20
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Czech