The Power of Touch : Handling Objects in Museum and Heritage Context
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
ISBN-10
1598743031
ISBN-13
9781598743036
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc
Imprint
Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 28th, 2008
Print length
262 Pages
Weight
640 grams
Product Classification:
Museology & heritage studies
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Contributors to this volume explore how the sense of touch can be utilized in museums and other cultural institutions to facilitate understanding and learning.
Despite the fact that we have a range of senses with which to perceive the world around us, museums and other cultural institutions have traditionally used sight as the main way to convey information. In everyday life, though, we use touch constantly in conjunction with sight. Why, then, does it play so small a role in the study and enjoyment of museum objects? Contributors to this volume explore how the sense of touch can be utilized in cultural institutions to facilitate understanding and learning.
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