Museums in contemporary society - for iPad/Mac/PC

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Museums in contemporary society - for iPad/Mac/PC episodes

July 15, 2009 Museums in contemporary society
An introduction to this album.
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July 15, 2009 Transcript -- Museums in contemporary society
An introduction to this album.
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July 15, 2009 Secrets of the V&A
The director, staff and visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London talk about the museum's role and what they see as the source of its success.
11 min
July 15, 2009 Transcript -- Secrets of the V&A
The director, staff and visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London talk about the museum's role and what they see as the source of its success.
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July 15, 2009 Redefining the V&A
Dragging the Victoria and Albert Museum's British galleries into the twenty-first century was a masssive undertaking. Here's how they did it.
11 min
July 15, 2009 Transcript -- Redefining the V&A
Dragging the Victoria and Albert Museum's British galleries into the twenty-first century was a masssive undertaking. Here's how they did it.
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July 15, 2009 Global heritage: course taster
A sample of some of the ideas and case studies covered in the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.
6 min
July 15, 2009 Transcript -- Global heritage: course taster
A sample of some of the ideas and case studies covered in the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.
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July 15, 2009 AHD and global heritage
Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University explains the importance of AHD within the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.
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July 15, 2009 Transcript -- AHD and global heritage
Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University explains the importance of AHD within the course AD281 Understanding global heritage.
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What are museums for? In this album we look behind the displays to reveal the conflicting roles, power struggles and ethical dilemmas that affect museums today. Once the undisputed sources of authority on the objects in their care, museums now have to justify their decisions to the government, to their audiences, sometimes even to vociferous pagans. The challenge is to reach out to new audiences and devise new ways of communicating with them. The rewards are many: to maintain status and respect, to win hearts and influence people, even to foster a warm sense of nationhood. This album also contains academic perspectives from Tim Benton, Professor of Art History at The Open University; Laurajane Smith, Reader in Heritage Studies at the University of York; and Rodney Harrison, Lecturer in Heritage Studies at The Open University.