A provocative contribution to the current debate on museums, this collection of essays contains contributions from France, Britain, Australia, the USA and Canad

"Museums are an international growth industry. Not only are they increasing in numbers, but they are acquiring new functions in the organization of cultural act

This book explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov

A riveting exploration of the relationship between art and telegraphy, and its implications for understanding time and history in nineteenth-century France. In