Museums Migration and Identity in Europe

The imperatives surrounding museum representations of place have shifted from the late eighteenth century to today. The political significance of place itself has changed and continues to change at all scales from local civic regional to national and supranational. At the same time changes in population flows migration patterns and demographic movement now underscore both cultural and political practice be it in the accommodation of ’diversity’ in cultural and social policy scholarly explorations of hybridity or in state immigration controls. This book investigates the historical and contemporary relationships between museums places and identities. It brings together contributions from international scholars academics practitioners from museums and public institutions policymakers and representatives of associations and migrant communities to explore all these issues.