Year: 1970
Type: article
Abstract: From Machine to Hologram - Thoughts about the Organisation of Museums The author was one of two secretaries working for the Committee responsible for the state report Memory and Education. In this paper he discusses the connection between the metaphors for organisational structures prevalent among leaders and employees in museums and the demands made on the structures as a result of the nature of the museum mission and its working methods. The material gathered by the State Committee indicates that many museum curators apply the machine metaphor to their institutions. However in many circumstances such a metaphor is unsuited to the activities a museum should unfold responding to the rapid change in the surrounding world.
Source: Nordisk Museologi
DOI: 10.5617/nm.3746
Author: Kim Forss
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2563516754