In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects.
'Tipu's Tiger' (an almost life-size wooden semi-automaton mauling a European soldier), the 'Great Bed of Ware' (an Elizabethan bed for 8 people) and a Shakespeare First Folio are among the featured highlights whose route to the V&A collections are entertainingly revealed. Through these stories, this insightful history of museum curation - a world of careful study and sometimes remarkable fortuity - shows how the priorities of a museum are shaped and change over time. Published to explore in more depth some of the stories featured in the BBC six part series Secrets of the Museum.
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In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. ‘Tipu’s Tiger’ (an almost life-size wooden semi-automaton mauling a European soldier), the ‘Great Bed of Ware’ (an Elizabethan bed for 8 people) and a Shakespeare First Folio are among the featured highlights whose route to the V&A collections are entertainingly revealed.
Through these stories, this insightful history of museum curation – a world of careful study and sometimes remarkable fortuity – shows how the priorities of a museum are shaped and change over time.
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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Published to explore in more depth some of the stories featured in the BBC six-part series Secrets of the Museum. In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. Codice articolo 00107879831
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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Published to explore in more depth some of the stories featured in the BBC six-part series Secrets of the Museum. In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. Codice articolo CIN1851779728G
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Factory sealed. Ten world-renowned curators from the Victoria and Albert Museum tell the story of ten of the most famous and curious objects acquired by the museum over its history. These include Tipu?s Tiger, an almost life-size wooden mechanical toy of a tiger mauling a European soldier; the Great Bed of Ware, a 10 1/2-foot-wide Elizabethan bed; and a Shakespeare First Folio, one of the few survivors of an estimated 750 that were originally printed. 272p. Illustrated, some in color. Measures 7.5x9 inches. Codice articolo 36207
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