Larkin, J;
(2016)
‘All Museums Will Become Department Stores’: The Development and Implications of Retailing at Museums and Heritage Sites.
Archaeology International
, 19
pp. 109-121.
10.5334/ai.1917.
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Abstract
Museums and heritage sites have provided merchandise for visitors to purchase since their earliest incarnations as public attractions in the 18th century. Despite this longevity scant academic research has been directed towards such activities. However, retailing - formalised in the emergence of the museum shop - offers insights into a range of issues, from cultural representation and education, to economic sustainability. This paper outlines the historical development of retailing at museums and heritage sites in the UK, before offering a summary of current issues, illustrated by a case study of contemporary retailing at Whitby Abbey. The paper demonstrates how commercial spaces have made, and continue to make, important contributions to visitors' cultural experiences and aims to frame this topic as a legitimate field of academic enquiry.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | ‘All Museums Will Become Department Stores’: The Development and Implications of Retailing at Museums and Heritage Sites |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5334/ai.1917 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ai.1917 |
| Additional information: | © 2016 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1554664 |
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