Museum, Libraries and Galleries
Museums, as we know them today, have their origins in
the 18th and 19th centuries, when they came to dominance for showcasing the
wonders of British imperialism. Since this period their function and symbolism
has gradually changed and they, together with libraries and galleries, are
important repositories for cultural knowledge.
The University of Nottingham itself has many of its own
collections, including the Natural History Collection (curated by the School of
Biology) and the Archaeology
Museum as well as the galleries down at the Lakeside Arts Centre
and the Manuscripts and Special Collections, to which we will return
later.
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Hartman, School of Biology, University of Nottingham