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Corporate museums in Japan: institutionalising a culture of industry and technology

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posted on 2023-05-26, 09:33 authored by Kim Lehman, Byrom, JW
Corporate museums are situated at a complex juncture between the profit-oriented business world and the more traditional realm of the public museum. Corporate museums are taken here as referring to museums with managed collections which are situated within for-profit organisations. In this paper, the nature of the corporate museum in Japan is explored through the use of observation techniques in five such establishments on the main island of Honsh≈´. The museums chosen operated across different industrial sectors and differed markedly in their scale, collections and focus. A major theme emerging from the data related to how the museums reflect and institutionalise aspects of industry and technology. This is considered at three scales: that of the firm, the industry, and broader Japanese society. In summary, further research into the corporate museum phenomenon is recommended, both in Japan and in other national contexts.

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9th International Conference on Arts & Cultural Management

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Valencia

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2007-07-08

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2007-07-11

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