Museums in the Wake of Empire
Global Collections in Post-War Britain
$157.66
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
23 July 2026
Summary
Museums in the Wake of Empire
A history of museums entangled in empire and the unfinished work of decolonization.
Museums in the Wake of Empire is the first nation-wide study of how British museums engaged with cultural heritage from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Indigenous Americas between 1945 and 1980. Challenging notions of institutional stagnation, the book uncovers a dynamic, politically charged era in which museum professionals navigated the shifting terrain …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913107550 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913107558 |
| Author: | Claire Wintle |
| Publisher: | Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art |
| Imprint: | Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 270mm |
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Claire Wintle
Claire Wintle teaches museum studies and art history at the University of Brighton, where she directs the Centre for Design History. Her books include Colonial Collecting and Display: Cultures of Decolonisation (2013), edited with Ruth Craggs, and Histories of Exhibition Design in the Museum (2023), edited with Kate Guy and Hajra Williams.
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