The role of museums in the conservation of our coast
Afrique du Sud ; Culturel ; Dune ; Education ; Environnement ; Equipement culturel ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Hout Bay Museum ; Littoral ; Marais salé ; Protection de la nature
The role of museums includes collection research and education which includes conservation education including coastal conservation.
Applications and limitations of museum data for conservation and ecology, with particular attention to species distribution
Base de données ; Biais statistique ; Biodiversité ; Biogéographie ; Distribution spatiale ; Donnée ; Espèce animale ; Espèce végétale ; Modèle ; Museum ; Niche écologique ; Taxonomie
There are a number of limitations with museum data to understand how species are distributed. These limitations are dealt with in the first part of this review. The second part of this paper reviews the challenges of developing species distribution
models for use with museum data and describes some of the questions that species distribution models have been used to address. Given the rapidly increasing number of museum records of species occurrence available over the internet, a review
Planologie als kleurbepaling. De rol van toonaangevende instellingen en bedrijven op de ontwikkeling van de amsterdamse museum- en concertgebouwbuurt. (Development planning. The role of important companies and institutions in the development
of the Museum- and Concertgebouwdistrict of Amsterdam)
Evaluation of tourist attractiveness and museum management in Sombor and Apatin (Serbia) : SyCULTour 2013
Cultural patrimony ; Local amenities ; Management ; Museum ; Regional development ; Serbia ; Tourism ; Voivodina
In Sombor and Apatin areas there are various cultural institutions. The AA. present the Museum of silk damask in Bezdan, Tobacco Museum in Telečka and the Ethnological Exhibition in Kupusina. The aim is to assess the market attractiveness
The house that story built : the place of slavery in plantation museum narratives
Cultural studies ; Louisiana ; Museum ; Narrative ; Plantation ; Slavery ; Tourism ; United States of America
This article examines the characteristics and opinions of tourists visiting Laura Plantation Museum in southern Louisiana, paying close attention to their interest in slavery relative to other narrative themes presented at the site. Laura is noted
for its “big house” as well as its remaining slave quarters, but museums are built as much around narratives as they are around artifacts. Museums tell a story that they hope audiences will want to consume. Envisioned as an audience study, this research
life offered by the museum's managers and docents.
Macassan/indigenous Australian ‘sites of memory’ in the National Museum of Australia and Australian National Maritime Museum
Australia ; Colonization ; Cultural geography ; Cultural studies ; Discoveries ; Ethnic minority ; Historical geography ; Indonesia ; Memory ; Museum ; National identity ; Whites
, l’une dans l’Australian National Maritime Museum à Sydney et la seconde dans le National Museum of Australia à Canberra. Ces lieux de mémoire conservent les récits passés de ces échanges tout en occultant la voix de ces deux peuples.
Tourism and nation building at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Discourse ; Ho Chi Minh City ; Museum ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Role of the State ; Tourism ; United States of America ; Vietnam ; War
Through the example of the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, this article explores the presentation of the “American War” in the construction of nationhood. It has three objectives. First, it illustrates how nation-building in a postcolonial
Developing a framework for assessing the socioeconomic impacts of museums : the regional value of the ‘flexible museum’
Attendance ; Cardiff ; Cultural studies ; Economic development ; Economic impact ; Employment ; Industrial heritage ; Knowledge ; Museum ; Service ; Social development ; United Kingdom ; Urban economy ; Wales
[b2] Department of Geology, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Royaume-Uni
Open-air museums and landscapes museums. Interpreting histories of the agricultural landscape
Bavaria ; Cultural landscape ; Germany ; Historical geography ; Land development ; Landscape ; Museum ; Patrimony ; Rural history ; Rural landscape ; Rural society