Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America

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Podgorny, Irina
Año de publicación
2013
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There is one genre of museums that remains little understood — travelling collections. These museums put on display natural history collections, anatomical specimens, and ethnographical models in wax. Maintained by itinerate charlatans and impresarios, their exhibits were displayed and interpreted in ever changing varieties. Travelling museums appealed to both the general public and the scientific community. As is evident from the reviews in newspapers and the catalogues that spread information about the specimens on display, travelling museums blurred the boundaries between science, commerce, and entertainment. Based on the analysis of sources dispersed across several repositories and archives in South America and Europe, and focusing on travelling museums that passed through Buenos Aires in the 1880s, this paper sheds new light on the manifold social and cultural practices involved in the circulation of knowledge.
Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Cs.naturales y Museo. Archivo Historico; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Traveling Museums
Quacks
Wax Models
Anatomical Museums
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spelling Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin AmericaPodgorny, IrinaTraveling MuseumsQuacksWax ModelsAnatomical Museumshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6There is one genre of museums that remains little understood — travelling collections. These museums put on display natural history collections, anatomical specimens, and ethnographical models in wax. Maintained by itinerate charlatans and impresarios, their exhibits were displayed and interpreted in ever changing varieties. Travelling museums appealed to both the general public and the scientific community. As is evident from the reviews in newspapers and the catalogues that spread information about the specimens on display, travelling museums blurred the boundaries between science, commerce, and entertainment. Based on the analysis of sources dispersed across several repositories and archives in South America and Europe, and focusing on travelling museums that passed through Buenos Aires in the 1880s, this paper sheds new light on the manifold social and cultural practices involved in the circulation of knowledge.Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Cs.naturales y Museo. Archivo Historico; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaTaylor & Francis2013-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/13799Podgorny, Irina; Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America; Taylor & Francis; Museum History Journal; 6; 2; 7-2013; 127-1461936-98161936-9824enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1179/1936981613Z.00000000014info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/1936981613Z.00000000014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:07:25Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/13799instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:07:25.556CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
title Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
spellingShingle Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
Podgorny, Irina
Traveling Museums
Quacks
Wax Models
Anatomical Museums
title_short Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
title_full Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
title_fullStr Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
title_sort Travelling museums and itinerant collections in nineteenth-century Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Podgorny, Irina
author Podgorny, Irina
author_facet Podgorny, Irina
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Traveling Museums
Quacks
Wax Models
Anatomical Museums
topic Traveling Museums
Quacks
Wax Models
Anatomical Museums
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv There is one genre of museums that remains little understood — travelling collections. These museums put on display natural history collections, anatomical specimens, and ethnographical models in wax. Maintained by itinerate charlatans and impresarios, their exhibits were displayed and interpreted in ever changing varieties. Travelling museums appealed to both the general public and the scientific community. As is evident from the reviews in newspapers and the catalogues that spread information about the specimens on display, travelling museums blurred the boundaries between science, commerce, and entertainment. Based on the analysis of sources dispersed across several repositories and archives in South America and Europe, and focusing on travelling museums that passed through Buenos Aires in the 1880s, this paper sheds new light on the manifold social and cultural practices involved in the circulation of knowledge.
Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Cs.naturales y Museo. Archivo Historico; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description There is one genre of museums that remains little understood — travelling collections. These museums put on display natural history collections, anatomical specimens, and ethnographical models in wax. Maintained by itinerate charlatans and impresarios, their exhibits were displayed and interpreted in ever changing varieties. Travelling museums appealed to both the general public and the scientific community. As is evident from the reviews in newspapers and the catalogues that spread information about the specimens on display, travelling museums blurred the boundaries between science, commerce, and entertainment. Based on the analysis of sources dispersed across several repositories and archives in South America and Europe, and focusing on travelling museums that passed through Buenos Aires in the 1880s, this paper sheds new light on the manifold social and cultural practices involved in the circulation of knowledge.
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1936-9816
1936-9824
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