The informed muse: The implications of 'the new museology' for museum practice

Abstract

Theorists of The New Museology, who regard museums as social institutions with political agendas because of inherent shared biases and assumptions, advocate integrating museums more closely with the multicultural social groups which these critics believe they should represent and serve. The New Muscology specifically questions traditional museum approaches to issues of value, meaning, control, interpretation, authority and authenticity. These challenges have implications for both internal operations and external relations of museums. They point up the importance of the ‘information base’ underlying museum missions and functions, and its potential for supporting more cohesive and integrated institutions.

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