The Toxic Museum
Berlin and Beyond
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN 978-1-03-252635-5
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Bibliografische Daten
Buch. Softcover
2025
18 s/w-Abbildungen, 18 s/w-Fotos, 12 s/w-Tabelle.
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: 264 S.
Format (B x L): 15.6 x 23.4 cm
Gewicht: 530
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 978-1-03-252635-5
Produktbeschreibung
It reconstructs the research of substances against harmful insects in museum collections within the historical context of the formation of nation-states, colonialism, a strengthening chemical industry, the First World War, and the resulting broad-based hygiene movement through the lens of the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) in Berlin. Because of their persistence, the consequences of the use of pesticides in museum collections are now unmistakable and well documented in many places. Numerous objects are highly contaminated and are only accessible under difficult conditions regarding occupational health and safety. This creates obstacles for conservation and scientific processing, as well as for mediation in the context of exhibitions and external loans. The most precarious and difficult situations arise when contaminated museum objects are repatriated to their countries of origin. This monograph examines contemporary challenges in the 21st century museum landscape and contextualises the history of pesticide use at the turn of the 20th century.
The Toxic Museum will be of great interest to students and scholars working in conservation, museology, monument preservation, art and cultural studies, ethnology, history, and economics.
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