Nature and Culture

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Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: museum historiographies
I. Museums and disciplines
II. The lives of objects
Notes
1. Prologue: the Manchester Natural History Society
I. The Museum on Peter Street
II. Visitors and staff
III. Transfer and dissolution
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2. Nature: scientific disciplines in the museum
I. Unified nature 1887-1910
II. Expanding collections 1910-50
III. Nature dislocated 1950-90
IV. Conclusion: cultural cartography and the Museum
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3. Culture: artefacts and disciplinary formation
I. Culture precipitated 1890-1927
II. Nature and culture distinguished 1927-69
III. Culture consolidated 1969-90
IV. Conclusion: shaping disciplines
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4. Acquisition: collecting networks and the museum
I. Foundation and empire
II. The economy of donation
III. Value for money?
IV. The museum and the field
V. Transfers and loans
VI. Conclusion: the politics of acquisition
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5. Practice: technique and the lives of objects in the collection
I. Preparing and conserving
II. Recording and cataloguing
III. Storing and displaying
IV. Conclusion: towards a history of museum practice
6. Visitors: audiences and objects
I. Organising the visitor
II. Educating the visitor
III. Town and gown
IV. Involving the visitor
V. The visitor experience
VI. Conclusion: expanding the history of museums
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Conclusion: the museum in the twentieth century
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List of Archives
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