On the side of the object: An alternative approach to debates about ideas, objects and museums

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-399

  Witcomb, Andrea ^a  

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EID: 0347873759     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647779700501604     Document Type: Note

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