The Directory of Museums & Living Displays

1067 Pages·1985·241.889 MB·English

by  Kenneth Hudson, Ann Nicholls (auth.)

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THE DIRECTORYOF
MUSEUMS
&LIVING DISPLAYS
Third Edition
Alsoby Kenneth Hudson
A SocialHistory ofMuseums
The GoodMuseums Guide
The Shell Guide to CountryMuseums
Museumsfor the 1980s
ICOM shall recognise asa museum any permanent institution
which conserves and displays, for purposes of study, educa
tion and enjoyment, collections of objects of cultural or
scientificsignificance.
International Council ofMuseums,Statutes, 1969
The word 'museum' here denotes any permanent establish
ment, administered in the general interest, for the purpose of
preserving, studying, enhancing by various means and in
particular, of exhibiting to the public for its delectation and
instructiongroups of objects and specimens ofculturalvalue.
Museums inJapan, Japanese National Commission
for UNESCO, 1960
A museum is defined as an organised and permanent non
profitinstitution, essentially education or aestheticin purpose,
with professional staff, which owns and utilises tangible
objects, cares for them and exhibits them to the public on
some regular schedule.
The American AssociationofMuseums, Museums
Accreditation:ProfessionalStandards, 1973
Amuseumisaninstitutionwhichcollects,documents,preserves,
exhibits and interprets material evidence and associated
informationfor thepublic benefit.
MuseumsAssociation, London, 1980
MUSEUM.Arepositoryoflearnedcuriosities.
Samuel Johnson,A Dictionary
ofthe English Language, 1755
THE DIRECTORY OF
U S E U S
&LIVING DISPLAYS
Kenneth Hudson and Ann Nicholls
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Directory of museums and living displays.--3rd ed.
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I. Hudson, Kenneth II. Nicholls, Ann
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Hudson, Kenneth.
The directory of museums and living displays.
Bibliography: p.
1. Museums--Directories. 2. Botanical gardens-
Directories. 3. Zoological gardens--Directories.
4. Historic farms--Directories. I. Nicholls, Ann.
II. Title.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
VB
Scope and Plan ofthe Work viii
A Note on Languages and Addresses
IX
Museums in the Context ofPopulation and National Income x
Glossary ofTerms Used
Xl
Museums and Living Displays arranged alphabetically by country 1-1047
Afghanistan 1 Czechoslavakia 178 Ireland 500
Albania 1 Denmark 195 Israel 504
Algeria 2 Dominican Republic 205 Italy 509
Angola 3 Ecuador 206 Ivory Coast 568
Argentina 3 Egypt,Arab Republicof 207 Jamaica 569
Australia 17 ElSalvador 208 Japan 569
Austria 45 EquatorialGuinea 208 Jordan 594
Bahamas 68 Ethiopia 209 Kenya 594
Bahrain 69 Falkland Islands 209 Korea, DemocraticPeople's
Bangladesh 69 Fiji 209 Republicof 595
Barbados 70 Finland 210 Korea, Republic of 595
Belgium 71 France 227 Kuwait 597
Benin 88 French Guiana 293 Laos 598
Bermuda 89 French Polynesia 293 Lebanon 598
Bhutan 89 Gabon 293 Lesotho 599
Bolivia 89 Germany, Democratic Republicof 293 Lesser Antilles 599
Botswana 90 Germany, Federal Republicof 316 Liberia 599
Brazil 90 Ghana 392 Libyan Arab Republic 599
Brunei 104 Gibraltar 392 Liechtenstein 600
Bulgaria 105 Great Britain 392 Luxembourg 600
Burma 112 Greece 453 Madagascar 601
Burundi 112 Guadeloupe 464 Malawi 601
Cambodia 113 Guatemala 464 Malaysia 602
Cameroon 113 Guinea 465 Maldives, Republicof 603
Canada 114 Guinea-Bissau 466 Mali 603
Central African Republic 155 Guyana 466 Malta 603
Chad Republic 156 Haiti 466 Martinique 604
Chile 156 Honduras 466 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 604
China, People's Republic 159 Hong Kong 467 Mauritius 604
China, Republicof(Taiwan) 170 Hungary 467 Mexico 605
Colombia 170 Iceland 481 Monaco 610
Congo,Popular Republic of 175 India 483 MongolianPeople's Republic 610
Costa Rica 175 Indonesia 495 Morocco 610
Cuba 175 Iran, Islamic Republicof 498 Mozambique 611
Cyprus 177 Iraq 499 Namibia (South WestAfrica) 612
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Nepal 612 Rwanda 709 Thailand 780
Netherlands 612 St. Helena 709 Togo 782
NetherlandsAntilles 639 St.Pierre and Miquelon 709 Transkei 782
NewCaledonia 639 SanMarino, Republicof 709 Trindadand Tobago 782
New Zealand 639 SIloTomee Principe 710 Tunisia 783
Nicaragua 647 Saudi Arabia 710 Turkey 784
Niger 647 Senegal 710 Uganda 789
Nigeria 647 Seychelles 711 United Arab Emirates 790
Norway 648 SierraLeone 711 USSR 790
Oman 660 Singapore 711 United States 814
Pakistan 660 Solomon Islands 712 Upper Volta 1024
Panama 662 Somalia 712 Uruguay 1024
PanamaCanal Zone 662 South Africa,Republicof 712 Venezuela 1025
Papua New Guinea 662 Spain 721 Vietnam,SocialistRepublic of 1026
Paraguay 663 Sri Lanka, Republicof 744 YemenArab Republic 1027
Peru 663 Sudan 745 Yemen, People'sDemocratic
Philippines 665 Suriname 745 Republic of 1027
Poland 668 Swaziland 745 Yugoslavia 1028
Portugal 691 Sweden 746 Zaire,Republicof 1046
Qatar 697 Switzerland 757 Zambia 1046
Reunion 697 Syrian Arab Republic 779 Zimbabwe 1047
Romania 698 Tanzania 779
Acknowledgements
It isunfortunately notpossibletolistthemany people through Ware has supplied us with details of the membership ofthe
out the world who have helped us by providing information Association of Independent Museums in Great Britain, and
and introductions. But we should like to assure them that all Sean Popplewell of the Irish Museums Trust has given us
theireffortshave beengreatlyappreciated. guidance concerningthe museumsofthe RepublicofIreland.
One or two special mentions must, however, be made. We Much valued help with the typing and checking of entries
have made considerable use of the ICOM Documentation has been provided by Pat Jefferies and Margaret Nicholls,and
Centre in Paris, where we have always been treatedwith great the friendliness, understandingand ingenuityofPaulMahoney
kindness and efficiency. Friedrich Waidacher, Director of the and his colleagues at Styleset has allowed us to retain our
Steiermarkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, sanity during the long, arduous and complicated process of
has been of much assistance to us in making contactwith the converting an often discouraging mass of information into a
museums of Central and Eastern Europe. Without the co substantialand usable workofreference.
operation of Goro Sugai we should have found ourselves in Finally, we should like to giveprominenceto themostgen
some difficulties regarding the museums of Japan, and it is erousfinancialassistancegivenby Angelos and NikiGoulandris,
a pleasure to be able to thank him publicly for the time he of the Goulandris Natural History Museum, Kifissia, Greece,
devoted to assisting us. towards research for the Living Displays items contained in
We have made extensive use of all the available national the Directory. Without this support, we should have found
directories ofmuseums, and insomecasesenjoyedaninterest ourtask exceedingly difficultand perhapsimpossible.
ing and fruitful correspondence with their compilers. Michael
Scope and Plan of the Work
The numberofmuseumsacross theworld increases by approxi attempted - and it is far from easy, since motives are often
mately ten per cent every five years. Museums are, in fact, difficult to deduce and one has a duty to be tolerant and
one of the world's few growth industries. Their ability and charitable- to exclude institutions, such as most waxworks
willingness to breed appears to be largely unaffected by econ and vintage car collections, which are run purely for profit,
omic recession and political upheaval. They are, directly and with no culturalaims at all.
indirectly, a significant field of employment and, in many This, the third edition of the Directory, contains one im
countries, a much-appreciated source ofincome, derived from portant change. We have decided, for thefirst time,to include
thelarge numberoftouristswho visit them. what we are calling, for wantofabetterterm, LivingDisplays
Museums are, in other words, by no meansafringe activity - the world's zoos, aquaria, botanical gardens and living
and the size of the present volume is evidence that there are history farms. This has been done for two main reasons,
a great many of them. Wehave tracked down nearly 35,000 because the International Council of Museums accepts such
and have done our best to obtainadequateinformation about places as falling within its definitionofamuseum, and equally
them. The taskhas,inevitably,beenmuch easierforsome coun because we could see no logical justificationfor keepingthem
tries than for others. Years ofwar and revolutionhave made it out. The resultisavolume whichshould be considerablymore
extremely difficult to document and present situation in, for useful thanits predecessors.
instance, Iran, the Lebanon and certain Central American The arrangement, as before, is alphabetical within coun
countries with any confidence. Thereare one ortwo countries tries. After much heartsearching and consultation, we came to
too where no official list of the national museums has ever the conclusion that an index would serve no really useful
been published. The USSR istheoutstandingexampleofsuch purpose and might even be confusing, since it would have to
a failure. But here as elsewhere we have done our best by be selective and could make only a subjective distinction
making use of a variety of official and unofficial sources and between important and unimportant collections. In awork of
we feel justified in claimingthat, despite regrettableobstacles, this kind it is simply not possible to grade collectionsaccord
we havenotmissed agreatdeal. ing to merit and supposed merit, and we know very well that
The size and quality of a museum has not been important many curators and directors are in the habit ofchoosinghalf
to us. Our business has been to list museums, not to assessor truth phrases which upgrade what they have in a highly
grade them. We have included any establishment which is flattering matter. 'Insects' become 'entomological collections',
regularly open to the public, whether by previous application a couple of old hand-guns become 'weapons', and one or two
or not, which has a permanent collection of some kind or a nineteenth-centurydresses,'costumes'.
coherent exhibition policy, and which has made some effort A fairly basic indexwould have occupied at least 300pages
to present and interpret what is on display. With theinforma and, after discussing the matter with many people working
tion at our disposal- and not all museums, unfortunately, within the museum profession, we doubted very much that
tell the truth aboutthemselves- we have rejected thecountry such anindex wouldbewidelyused. It would have beenlargely
houses which do no more than open their doors, the tightly window-dressing, and window-dressing on this scale is un
sealed treasure-houses of the wealthy, and the art galleries reasonably expensive both for the customer and for the pub
which possess nothing, but act as hosts to ad hoc and some lisher. We came down against it and we have good reason to
times profitable exhibitions drawn from elsewhere. We have believethatourdecisionwillfind generalsupport.