Museum materialities: Objects, sense and feeling

Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-18

  Dudley, Sandra H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203523018     Document Type: Chapter

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