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The collection in contemporary museums: ideal vs. practice

S. Hansen

Museum Management and Curatorship2026https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2025.2609537article
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This article examines the position of collections in contemporary museums. It assumes that collections are significant and should constitute a central component in museum work. Specifically, a museum should be defined by what it does with its collection rather than simply by the fact that it owns one. Using a network theory perspective, this study analyses how three Danish cultural history museums work with their collections. It introduces four key actors: legislation, the contemporary museum, curators and the registration system, and identifies two critical nodes in the network surrounding the collection: the registration task and subsequent interpretation. The study demonstrates how certain processes and tensions compromise the collection’s central role, despite key actors’ interest in maintaining it.

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@article{s.2026,
  title        = {{The collection in contemporary museums: ideal vs. practice}},
  author       = {S. Hansen},
  journal      = {Museum Management and Curatorship},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2025.2609537},
}

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0.50

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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