Robert Jameson (1774-1854) and the concept of a 'public museum'

Swinney, Geoffrey N

Robert Jameson (1774-1854) and the concept of a 'public museum'

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Swinney, Geoffrey N

Date published

October 10, 2010

Abstract

Attention is drawn to Robert Jameson’s distinction between “the public” and “the working classes” in relation to the audience for the Natural History Museum of the College (later the University of) Edinburgh. This distinction is discussed, together with specific usage of the related term “closed”, in the context of recent theoretical studies on the creation and construction of the public and a public sphere during the nineteenth century

Journal title

Archives of Natural History

Volume

37

Issue

2

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

ISSN

1755-6260

Official URL

http://www.euppublishing.com/journal/anh

Additional information

Related Organisation/s: Society for the History of Natural History, Edinburgh University Press