Keeping Their Marbles · How the Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums - and Why They Should Stay There by Jenkins, Tiffany -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Acknowledgements Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Part I

1. Great Explorers and Curious Collectors

Endeavour Resolution The Final Voyage Objects From the Cook Voyages in Museums Today

2. The Birth of the Public Museum

Cabinets of Curiosities From Wonder to Enlightenment The British Museum Opening up to the Public Revolution The Improving Museum The Museum Age

3. Antiquity Fever

Napoleon in Egypt Antiquity in the British Museum Palaces Without Rival

4. Cases of Loot

Napoleon Restitution, to a New Home Imperial Plunder—The Benin Bronzes Imperial plunder: Yuanmingyuan Palace (the Chinese Summer Palace) Knowledge Through Collaboration Conventions in Place Conditions Today

Part II

5. Museum Wars

Trouble in Enlightenment Critiquing the Museum Defending the Museum Against the Critics Politicizing Culture Museum Wars Questioning from Within A Stolen World

6. Who Owns Culture?

Does Culture have a Homeland? The Political Misuse of Culture The Problem with Repatriation Scepticism Over-Promising what the Encyclopaedic Museum Can Do What is a Universal Museum? The Importance of Sovereignty Where do ‘their’ Marbles belong?

7. The Rise of Identity Museums

George Gustav Heye Exhibiting Living Indians The Rise of Identity Museums Redefining the Mission Finding the Right Balance

8. Atonement: Making Amends for Past Wrongs

The Politics of Regret Who Benefits? Rewriting History

9. Burying Knowledge: The Fate of Human Remains

Human Remains in Museum Collections Repatriating Human Remains Whose Human Remains are They? Why did Human Remains Become a Problem?

Concluding Thoughts

Notes

Introduction Chapter 1. Great Explorers and Curious Collectors Chapter 2. The Birth of the Public Museum Chapter 3. Antiquity Fever Chapter 4. Cases of Loot Chapter 5. Museum Wars Chapter 6. Who Owns Culture? Chapter 7. The Rise of Identity Museums Chapter 8. Atonement: Making Amends for Past Wrongs Chapter 9. Burying Knowledge: The Fate of Human Remains Concluding Thoughts