Collectors and collecting for the Raffles Museum in Singapore : 1920 to 1940

• Main Author: Luyt, Brendan
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Art museums and galleries
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91771; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6448
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The study of museums as part of society has been underway for some time now and a number of pioneering and insightful works have been written on their changing nature and role [1]. I would like in this article to add to this body of literature through the example of one museum director’s efforts at...