Saturday 2 February 2013

Cuno and the Encyclopedic Museum

Next week I am due to be lecturing on the Encyclopedic Museum in Cambridge. I am grateful to Lee Rosenbaum of Culturegrrl for her comments on James Cuno's Davos discussion on the subject. Many Encyclopedic Museums have returned large numbers of antiquities since the Declaration on the Universal Museum.

I think that we are going to have a good debate in Cambridge.

Details
Wednesday, 6th February 2013, 4.30-6.00 pm
Heritage Group Research Seminar
McDonald Seminar Room

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2 comments:

Paul Barford said...

Good luck David. Will there be anybody from the British Museum present do you know?

DR.KWAME OPOKU said...

David,
I draw your attention to two articles in modernghana:
WHAT GAME WAS JAMES CUNO PLAYING AT DAVOS?
http://www.modernghana.com/news/443638/1/what-game-was-james-cuno-playing-at-davos.html

DECLARATION ON THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF UNIVERSAL MUSEUMS: SINGULAR FAILURE OF AN ARROGANT IMPERIALIST PROJECT
http://www.modernghana.com/news/441891/1/declaration-on-the-importance-and-value-of-univers.htm

Best wishes, Kwame

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