City museums: first elements for a debate
This paper is focused on two main topics which influence the contemporary and on-going debate about museums (and, among others, city museums): the existence of a collection and of a building dedicated to housing it. Then it deals with the question of the size of cities selected for
the establishment of a city museum (large or small centres). Finally, the use of documentary, iconographical, cartographical sources and multimedia tools for the representation of urban changes over a long period of time is considered from the point of view of the necessity to communicate
with a broad range of users (for example, tourists, citizens, new immigrants, children).
Keywords: European history; architectural history; city museums; early modern city's history; modern city's history; urban history
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of “Architettura: costruzione e conservatione”,University Iuav of Venice, Venice, Italy
Publication date: 01 July 2012
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