How to Cite

ICOM Deutschland and Tout-Smith, Deborah (Eds.): Museums, Borders and European Responsibility: One Hundred Years after the First World War, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2019 (Beiträge zur Museologie, Volume 8). https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.564

Identifiers

ISBN 978-3-947449-90-3 (PDF)

Published

12/17/2019

Authors

ICOM Deutschland (Ed.), Deborah Tout-Smith (Ed.)

Museums, Borders and European Responsibility

One Hundred Years after the First World War

Museums are the treasure troves of cultural heritage, places of remembrance and self-assurance. But whose stories are they telling, and why? What is remembered in museums, and what is forgotten?
One hundred years after the end of the First World War, museum practitioners and scholars from Europe and beyond reflect anew on the impacts of the war. They consider the central role museums play in the accurate and authentic representation of war, the shaping of commemoration and the preservation of war‘s legacy. They explore difficult issues including diverse and conflicting perspectives of war, political influence and the question of European responsibility.
They argue for the confident inclusion of critical voices and diverse perspectives, and deeper thinking about the impact of violence and dogma on European society.

Deborah Tout-Smith is Senior Curator, Home & Community, in the Society & Technology Department of Museums Victoria. She has curated major exhibitions including World War I: Love & Sorrow (2014), was co-curator of The Melbourne Story (2008), and curates Museum Victoria’s Military History, Home & Community and Childhood collections. Deborah is Vice-chair of the Board of ICOM Australia.

Chapters

Table of Contents
Pages
PDF
Front matter
Contents
Beate Reifenscheid, Claudia Roth, Margit Theis-Scholz
9-16
Situating Artefacts: How Did Museums Collect, Interpret and Display History from the First World War till Today?
Markus Moehring
Exhibitions in France, Germany and Switzerland and the Three-Countries-Museum
26-32
Karen O’Rourke
The Challenges of “Talking War” in a Non-military Museum
45-55
Connecting People: How Has the Perception of Museums Changed between a Hundred Years Ago and Today?
Ulrike Smalley
Commemorating and Researching the First World War at National Museum Wales
58-69
70-79
Crossing Borders – Real and Digital
Kieran Burns
Placing the First World War in the Narrative of the House of European History
82-91
Deborah Tout-Smith
Museums in a Post-Centenary World
92-101
Museums in the 21st Century: What Are the Challenges and Perspectives for Museums?
Taja Vovk van Gaal
114-120
Project Slam
Jan Behrendt
War Letters from Three Young Men Who Served in the First World War
122-126
Christina Freund
An Analysis of the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, and the Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden
126-128
Natacha Le Duff, Anne Cogan-Krumnow
133-134
Thomas Steller
How Small Museums Can Collaborate for Impact and Outreach in the Countryside
135-137
Vera Zahnhausen
A Portal for Sources from the Federal Archives
138-141
About the Authors
143-147
Conference Programme
149-152

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