Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums

How is it possible that if you go into an arts museum, the ceramics you see may be made yesterday and may be a valued and legitimate part of the museum collection, while in open-air museums, a similar object may be produced by a master craftsperson yesterday, yet is not called authentic? Are we blin...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6aa6514846714c8e96e63b794a894bf72021-12-01T14:42:35ZDiscussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/6aa6514846714c8e96e63b794a894bf72021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10551https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956How is it possible that if you go into an arts museum, the ceramics you see may be made yesterday and may be a valued and legitimate part of the museum collection, while in open-air museums, a similar object may be produced by a master craftsperson yesterday, yet is not called authentic? Are we blinded by historical-archaeological authenticity? Is the key to documented objects, their stories and their provenance – which gives them their authenticity - not right? Well-structured documentation of stories with objects and people is, per se, an important step towards being regarded as open-air museums. This is an important part of our current EXARC EU Project, www.retold.eu.For the authors see the articleEXARCarticledocumentationnewer eraopen-air museummethodologynewest eraMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2021/1 (2021)
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topic documentation
newer era
open-air museum
methodology
newest era
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle documentation
newer era
open-air museum
methodology
newest era
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
For the authors see the article
Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums
description How is it possible that if you go into an arts museum, the ceramics you see may be made yesterday and may be a valued and legitimate part of the museum collection, while in open-air museums, a similar object may be produced by a master craftsperson yesterday, yet is not called authentic? Are we blinded by historical-archaeological authenticity? Is the key to documented objects, their stories and their provenance – which gives them their authenticity - not right? Well-structured documentation of stories with objects and people is, per se, an important step towards being regarded as open-air museums. This is an important part of our current EXARC EU Project, www.retold.eu.
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title Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums
title_short Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums
title_full Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums
title_fullStr Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums
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