'Who knows the fate of his bones?': Rethinking the body on display: Object, art or human remains?

Museum Revolutions: How Museums Change and are Changed

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 343-354

  Brooks, Mary M ^a   Rumsey, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Motor Museum Beaulieu   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203932643     Document Type: Chapter

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