Moving toward the Museum The Collection of Antique Spolia

In 1996 the Turkish Ministry of Culture hosted ceremonies and a conference commemorating the sesquicentennial of museums in Turkey. Celebrations of the centennial anniversary in 1946 had established their definitive birth year. Nonetheless, in 1996 several interested parties debated the suitability...

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Published in:Possessors and Possessed p. 31
Main Author: Shaw, Wendy
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: United States University of California Press 13.05.2003
Edition:1
Subjects:
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Architecture
Area / regional studies
Art museums
Arts
Asian history
Asian studies
Behavioral sciences
Buildings
Ceremonial objects
Ceremonies
Christianity
Collection development
Collection management
Cultural anthropology
Cultural customs
Cultural institutions
Cultural studies
Devotional objects
Dwellings
Entertainment
Ethnography
Ethnology
Exhibitions
Holy relics
Information science
Institutional buildings
Leisure studies
Library management
Library science
Museology
Museum exhibits
Museums
Museums & museology
Ottoman Empire
Palaces
Recreation
Religion
Religious buildings
Residential buildings
Rituals
Spiritual belief systems
Technology
Weapons
Western Asian history
ISBN:0520233352, 9780520233355
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Summary:In 1996 the Turkish Ministry of Culture hosted ceremonies and a conference commemorating the sesquicentennial of museums in Turkey. Celebrations of the centennial anniversary in 1946 had established their definitive birth year. Nonetheless, in 1996 several interested parties debated the suitability of this date. Although the Ottoman government first sanctioned the collection of antiquities in 1846, some people argued that 1723 was a more appropriate starting date. In that year the Ottoman government remodeled the former Church of Hagia Irene, in use as an artillery warehouse, and included a display of valuables in the renovated structure. Others argued that the
ISBN:0520233352
9780520233355