摘要

Collecting and its consequences are investigated by examining the activities of Augustus Hamilton, a Victorian scientist, collector and museum director. The repercussions of his collecting and philosophy affected the objects, makers and owners at the time. But the social life and agency of the objects means that his collecting reverberates in museums and society in complex ways today that enable contemporary reconnections between people, places, things, and the past.

  • 出版日期2017-3