Meaning making in the Fries Museum and the Fries Verzetsmuseum Comparing the Fries Museum and the Fries Verzetsmuseum to the post-museum concept Universiteit Leiden, Master Arts & Culture Specialisation: Museums and Collections Jitske Kuperus, 1424998
[email protected] First reader: Dr. M. A. Leigh Second reader: Dr. M. Keblusek Date: 21 July 2016 Table of contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 1 The post-museum concept ................................................................................. 5 1.1 Characteristics of the post-museum ................................................................................... 6 1.2 Museums and community .................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Meaning making in museums ............................................................................................. 9 1.4 Research scope ................................................................................................................. 11 Chapter 2 The Fries Museum ......................................................................................... 13 2.1 The display environment of the Fries Museum ................................................................. 14 2.1.1 The Museum building .......................................................................................................................... 15 2.1.2 Exhibition spaces