Contested Boundaries Nation, People and Cultural History Museums in Sweden and Norway 1862–1909

It has become commonplace to assert that museums embody, perform and nego-tiate national identities. Many researches in museum history have stressed a close relationship between nation building and the origin and formation of the modern public museum. Museums, it is argued, contributes to the constr...

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Main Author: Magdalena Hillström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2010-12-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.10234583