Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated; attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for. Nicholas Thomas argues that what is special about museums are their collections; which are not just rich resources for reflection; but creative technologies that enable people to make new things in the present.Reflecting on art galleries; science and history institutions; and museums around the world; Thomas shows that in times marked by insecurity and increasing conflict; museums can help to sustain and enrich society. They stimulate a curiosity that is vital to understanding and negotiating the cosmopolitan but dangerous world we all now inhabit. The Return of Curiosity is a book that anyone who visits and enjoys museums will find engaging and stimulating. Curators; arts and heritage professionals; policymakers and all museum studies teachers and students need to own and read this influential book.
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