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- Title
Cambridge’s ‘Shrine of the Muses’1.
- Authors
Beard, Mary
- Abstract
The display of the classical antiquities in the Fitzwilliam Museum changed dramatically between 1848, when the Museum opened, and 1898. At first sight, it appears to be a transition from disorder to order, ‘muddle’ to scientific classification. This paper investigates that transition. Drawing on Museum and University archives, it outlines the history of the growth of the classical collection over the first fifty years of the Fitzwilliam, in the context of the history of the Museum in general. It argues that – far from disorder to order – we see a shift between two different regimes of museum display and ‘ways of seeing’, one focused on the history of the objects through their donors to the museum; the other focused on archaeological context and provenance.
- Subjects
CAMBRIDGE (England); ENGLAND; FITZWILLIAM Museum; CLASSICAL antiquities; MUSEUM exhibits; EXPERTISING of classical antiquities; ARCHAEOLOGY &; art; MUSEUM acquisitions; MUSEUM contributions; ANTIQUITIES; EXHIBITIONS; PHILOSOPHY
- Publication
Journal of the History of Collections, 2012, Vol 24, Issue 3, p289
- ISSN
0954-6650
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jhc/fhr032