The Museum - Owen Hopkins

The world’s most iconic cultural spaces.
Using examples of the greatest cultural institutions to shape the narrative, this book outlines the history of the museum movement, tracking the evolution from princely collections in Europe and the Enlightenment’s classically inspired temples of curiosities, via the public museums of the late nineteenth century, on to today’s global era of iconic buildings designed by the world’s leading architects. Over the course of five chapters filled with stunning imagery that highlights the beauty of these venerated buildings, the origins of key institutions are revealed, including The Louvre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The British Museum, The Hermitage and the Smithsonian Museums amongst others.
Also told are the stories of the architects, curators and patrons who have shaped the modern museum, a cast that includes names such as King George II, Napoleon, Henry Clay Frick, Peggy Guggenheim, Andrew Carnegie, Alfred Barr, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Courbusier, Frank Gehry, Richard Rogers, Nicholas Serota and Zaha Hadid.

Trim: 248 x 305 mm.
Format: Hardcover Book
Pages: 320