Museum in Public

<p>Not satisfied with the assertion that museums have taken great strides in becoming representative relevant and open in their preoccupations <i>A Museum in Public</i> contends that the supposedly public nature of their institutional role continues to be a rhetorical one. This book critically examines museums as institutions of the public sphere questioning what assumptions are made about the publicness of their operations. Using as a case study the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Canada's largest museum the book interrogates the public nature and political dynamics of the ROM as it completed a multi-million dollar architectural project and adopted a new vision of the museum.</p>