The Curator's Egg

Karsten Schubert

One-Off Press, 2000

� 12.95 Paperback ISBN 18735412046

A timely study, subtitled 'The evolution of the museum concept from the French Revolution to the present day'. In this book Karsten Schubert looks at the museum's role in popular culture and interprets their place in society through history and up to the present day; 'The museum is one of the most complex cultural constructs, based on a great many historic assumptions'. The book revolves around two periods in history.  The first part outlines the evolution of the museum between 1760 and 1980.  The second part offers an in depth look at subsequent museum development and covers the last two decades of the 20th century, a period of exceptional activity.