Cities and Museums
Introduction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600003846Keywords:
Museum policy and practice, urban and cultural regeneration, relationship of cities and museums, Museum of BrisbaneAbstract
In September 2004, the Museum of Brisbane, Museums Australia and the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas at Griffith University hosted a symposium, ‘Cities and Museums’, at the university's Southbank campus. This event initiated a conversation among museum professionals and academics from across Australia. Nick Winterbotham, from Leeds City Museum, and Morag Macpherson, from Glasgow's Open Museum, and were keynote speakers. Their papers provided perspectives on museum policy and practice in the United Kingdom and Europe, and demonstrated how museums can contribute to urban and cultural regeneration. Those papers are available on the Museum of Brisbane website (www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/MoB). The Cities and Musuems section in this issue of Queensland Review brings together papers that explore the relationship of cities and museums across global, national and local Brisbane contexts, and from diverse disciplinary perspectives. The disciplines represented in this selection of papers from the symposium include social history, urban studies, literary fiction, and heritage and cultural policy.
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The Museum of Brisbane celebrates Brisbane's contemporary culture, heritage and people, and aims to acknowledge our present and help us to imagine our future. Located in Brisbane's iconic City Hall, its displays combine social history, visual arts, craft and design.
Musuems Australia is the national professional association advocating on behalf of museums and galleries, and supporting the people who work in them. One of its major roles is the investigation of emerging trends and issues of significance to the sector. Its other major functions are advocacy to government and support for high standards of professional practice.
The Centre for Public Culture and Ideas is one of Griffith University's leading research centres. The Centre promotes integrated and cross-disciplinary research, building on research excellence within the university in the fields of culture, media, humanities, and the visual and performing arts. Various collaborative projects with museums and galleries in Brisbane and nationally are in progress. For more information, see www.griffith.edu.au/centre/cpci.
