The Rhetorical Challenge of the Everyday Object: ‘Þjóð verða til’ at the National Museum of Iceland

A museum exhibition communicates meaning at various levels, some more obvious than others. The author of this article spent several weeks at the new permanent exhibition of the National Museum of Iceland, exploring it as a visitor would, and offers a reading of the various meanings that the exhibiti...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nordisk Museologi
Main Author: Ward, Elisabeth Ida
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Oslo Library 2016
Subjects:
Iceland
national museums
non-verbal communication
object interpretation
exhibition techniques
Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3208
https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3208
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Summary:A museum exhibition communicates meaning at various levels, some more obvious than others. The author of this article spent several weeks at the new permanent exhibition of the National Museum of Iceland, exploring it as a visitor would, and offers a reading of the various meanings that the exhibition conveys, both verbally and non-verbally. Of special interest is the use of everyday objects to convey important themes for the nationalistic agenda of the exhibition.

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