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The City and the Museum: Cracow's Collections and Their Publics in the Long Nineteenth Century

Prokopovych, Markian

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It is generally acknowledged that museums were an essential part of the national project in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Europe—and some retain this function even today. Classic works in nationalism studies, such as Eric Hobsbawm's, have highlighted the role they played in the birth of modern nations. Subsequent studies that focused on specific national contexts help us better understand the mechanisms by which museums contributed to the invention of national traditions as well as to the formation of historical consciousness, historical memory, and the functioning of modern states. As these and other scholars of museum history also demonstrate, museum founders, directors, curators, and the broader public were driven by agendas and aspirations other than nation-building within these larger processes. Analyzing how these agendas mixed with the aims of the national project in a specific locality in the making of museums can generate new insights into the formation of modern subjectivities in this period.

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Prokopovych, M. (2018). The City and the Museum: Cracow's Collections and Their Publics in the Long Nineteenth Century. Austrian History Yearbook, 49, 166-186. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0067237818000140

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date May 1, 2018
Publication Date May 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 3, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Austrian History Yearbook
Print ISSN 0067-2378
Electronic ISSN 1558-5255
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 49
Pages 166-186
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0067237818000140

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This article has been published in a revised form in Austrian history yearbook https://doi.org/10.1017/S0067237818000140. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. COPYRIGHT: © Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota 2018





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