Museums, Heritage, and Digital curation: Theory and practice at the Allard Pierson

Heritage institutions face major changes in digitisation, narrative, inclusivity, and participation, and this book reflects on the challenge of change. It explores the transition from objects to storytelling, the impact of digitisation on curatorship, and the assessment of a collection's biography. It also discusses the difference between collaborating and doing things together in striving for a participatory dialogue.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2022
Publisher: Sidestone Press

Heritage institutions are facing significant changes in the areas of digitisation, narrative, inclusivity, and participation. In this groundbreaking book, Wim Hupperetz, an expert in the field of museums, heritage, and digital curation, reflects on the challenge of change. How does a museum move from an object or a collection to storytelling, and what is the impact of digitisation on curatorship? How to assess the biography of a collection when you think of museums as a medium of memory? And in striving to achieve a participatory dialogue, what is the difference between collaborating and doing things together?

In six chapters, theory and practice are juxtaposed. Each chapter concludes with practical dos and don'ts. This book is also meant as a tribute to everyone who has contributed to the renovation of the Allard Pierson, the museum and knowledge institute where the collections of the University of Amsterdam are preserved and presented.

Museums, Heritage, and Digital Curation is intended for heritage professionals and students who want to gain insight into the debate in a rapidly changing field.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789464260748