Museology at a crossroads

Vol.4,No.2(2015)

François Mairesse

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http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/134741

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Abstract
The museum world is crossed by important changes. The economic crisis led indeed a number of museums to rethink entirely their relations with their environment. The (small) museology world appears to be in front of a crossroads. If we are to believe different papers and reports on the future of museums, these establishments seem indeed to turn into social environments. But two other plans may be also considered: on a geopolitical level and on an epistemological level. In geopolitical terms, the museum future appears to be Anglo-Saxon. At another – epistemological – level, one could question the very nature of museology. Since the late 60's, an important amount of museums theorists believe that the way of conceiving museology does not stand in the practical application of recipes on museums operations. Does the "specific approach of man to reality" show a clear program for museum research? Is there another possibility to consider museology?

Keywords:
theory of museology; future of museums; concepts of museology; transformations of museological discourse

Pages:
4–9
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