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For some time now, museums have been recognized as important institutions of western cultural and social life. The idea of the museum as a ritual site is fairly new and has been applied to the art museums in Europe and the United States so far. This volume expands it by exploring a range of contemporary museums in Europe and Africa. The case studies examine the different ways in which various actors involved in cultural production dramatize and ritualize such sites. It turns out that not only museum specialists, but visitors themselves are engaged in complex performances and experiences that make use of museums in often unexpected ways.

Museum exhibits. --- Museum theater. --- Historic sites. --- Museum techniques. --- Rites and ceremonies --- Ritual --- Performing arts --- Cultural property --- Objets exposés --- Théâtre de musée --- Lieux historiques --- Muséologie --- Rites et cérémonies --- Rituels --- Arts du spectacle --- Biens culturels --- Exhibitions. --- Protection. --- Expositions --- Exposition --- Protection --- Philosophy of science --- Religious studies --- Museum exhibits --- Historic sites --- Museum techniques --- Exhibitions --- Cultural property [Protection of ] --- Theater --- Display techniques --- Displays, Museum --- Museum displays --- Museums --- Cultural property, Protection of --- Cultural resources management --- Cultural policy --- Historic preservation --- Show business --- Arts --- Performance art --- Cult --- Cultus --- Liturgies --- Public worship --- Symbolism --- Worship --- Ritualism --- Ceremonies --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Applied museology --- Museography --- Museum practices --- Museum studies --- Heritage places, Historic --- Heritage sites, Historic --- Historic heritage places --- Historic heritage sites --- Historic places --- Historical sites --- Places, Historic --- Sites, Historic --- Archaeology --- History --- Historic buildings --- Monuments --- World Heritage areas --- Government policy --- Technique --- Museology