Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Museums and national identity

The New York Times reports on the construction of 3 new museums in Abu Dhabi  (branches of the Guggenheim and the Louvre as well as a museum of national history) and the museums of Islamic art, modern Arabic art and Qatari history currently under construction or recently opened in Qatar.
The article looks at the cultural and political context of this spate of museum-building in both countries.

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