Dodos and Dark Lanterns
Highlights of Ashmolean History
- Tells the story of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the world's first university museum, dating from the late 1600s
- Written in an accessible, anecdotal style, the book includes previously unpublished material from the Ashmolean archives
Throughout its history, the Ashmolean has evolved to meet changing needs and reflect new ideas. In the process, it has transformed from a cabinet of curiosities, representing the world in microcosm, to a museum of art and archaeology, illustrating connections between cultures over time. This book tells the story of that remarkable transformation. It shows what the Ashmolean was like at various points in the past and introduces the people who helped to make it the museum it is today. It looks at the buildings that have housed the Ashmolean and how they have been continually altered and adapted, as well as at the collections and how they have been interpreted and reinterpreted over the centuries.
- Publisher
- Ashmolean Museum
- ISBN
- 9781854442819
- Published
- 6th Jun 2013
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Territory
- World excluding Australasia
- Size
- 264 mm x 197 mm
- Pages
- 160 Pages
- Illustrations
- 100 color, 20 b&w
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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