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Colonial Museums

Colonial Museums is a cultural institution that systematically collects, preserves, and displays artifacts, ethnographic materials, and natural specimens acquired during colonial expansion, distinguished by its role in constructing and legitimizing colonial ideologies through the representation of colonized peoples and territories as objects of scientific inquiry and imperial domination.

172

Publications

6.6K

Citations

205

Authors

104

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

36

Parents

Publications

172

Decolonizing museums: representing Native America in national and tribal museums

Choice Reviews Online · 2013 · 415 citations

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A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America

Cary Carson, Ivor Noël Hume · The William and Mary Quarterly · 1970 · 360 citations

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Reinventing Africa: Museums, Material Culture and Popular Imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England

Peter Mark · Museum Anthropology · 1995 · 281 citations

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The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg

David Löwenthal, Richard Handler, Eric Gable · The William and Mary Quarterly · 1998 · 247 citations

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The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

Johanna Zetterström‐Sharp · Public Archaeology · 2019 · 225 citations

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Authors

205

  1. EG
    Eric Gable

    University of Mary Washington, United States

    7 publications · 564 citations

    7

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  2. RH
    Richard Handler

    University of Virginia, United States

    7 publications · 564 citations

    7

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  3. TA
    T. A. Joyce

    Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Switzerland

    3 publications · 59 citations

    3

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  4. SP
    Susan Pearce

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 70 citations

    2

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  5. MC
    Mark Crinson

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 47 citations

    2

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1–5 of 205

Institutions

104

  1. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    106 citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    56 citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    142 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    143 citations

  5. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    85 citations

  6. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    182 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    181 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

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Venues

  1. Museum Anthropology

    9 publications · 483 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 8 publications · 929 citations

    8

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  3. International Journal of Heritage Studies

    IJHS · 6 publications · 156 citations

    6

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 6 publications · 268 citations

    6

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  5. Museum and Society

    5 publications · 105 citations

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