Beschreibung
Museums and galleries are some of the most important institutions around the world, attracting visitors in the millions. Here curator and architectural historian Owen Hopkins celebrates the remarkable history of these cultural spaces, examining what is behind their enduring appeal. This book is one of the first of its kind to document the evolution of museums and galleries from the early cabinets of curiosities established by princely collectors to the global cultural focal points we celebrate today.
Owen Hopkins is an architectural historian and Director of the Farrell Centre at Newcastle University. He was previously Senior Curator of Exhibitions and Education at Sir John Soane’s Museum and before that Architecture Programme Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, both in London. He has written six books, including Reading Architecture: A Visual Lexicon, and Lost Futures, an examination of the disappearing architecture of post-war Britain. He is also a regular commentator on architecture in newspapers, magazines, radio and television.