Przeszłość w muzeach – dwa modele reprezentacji. Analiza porównawcza Europejskiego Centrum Solidarności i Muzeum II Wojny Światowej w Gdańsku
The Past in Museums – Two Models of Representation: A Comparative Analysis of the European Solidarity Centre and the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk

Summary/Abstract: Ziębińska-Witek analyses and deconstructs the museum narratives of two historical museums in Gdańsk. The material examined are the exhibitions at the European Solidarity Centre and the Museum of the Second World War, which are interpreted using the methods of visual studies (analyses of the composition, content, material objects and meanings). Based on this Ziębińska-Witek highlights two basic models of creating a vision of the past through museum exhibitions: the romantic and the critical model. Despite the fact that both institutions represent the contemporary museological trend of creating an “experience” and engaging the public on an emotional level, they differ widely both in the way they describe reality and in their perception of the museum’s function as a cultural institution.

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