Inspired by Museum Matters: Making and Unmaking Mexico’s National Collections, a new book book published by the University of Arizona Press, this virtual webinar examines the book’s subject matter.
What: Book Roundtable: “What Belongs in Mexico´s National Museum?: Two Centuries of Object Collecting, Display, and Dispersal”
When: Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 2-3:30 p.m., Central Time
Registration required. Please register here.
The event is sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Historical Studies.
Museum Matters unravels the concept of the national museum. By unmaking the spaces, frameworks, and structures that form the complicated landscape of national museums, this volume brings a new way to understand the storage, displays, and claims about the Mexican nation’s collections today.