Why Do Humans Collect Things?
In short: Human collecting is driven by a diverse range of motivations, including the desire to preserve cultural heritage, establish scientific knowledge, and document the history of taste.
A 1:45 short film in the series “The Collector's Mind”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: UCL DISCOVERY, “Introduction: Museum Archaeology”; ICOMON, “The_history_of_the_department_of_coins_and_medals_in_the_Hungarian_National_Museum.pdf”; SMB, “Plain_Talk_Chronology_Bode_Museum_SMB_english.pdf”; Getty Museum, “Categories for the Description of Works of Art”; German Museums Association, “mb-leitfaden-en-web.pdf”; Bard Graduate Center, “Global Things: Trade and Material Culture in the First Age of Globalization, c. 1500–1800”; International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC ICOM), “UMAC-Guidance-Restitution-2022.pdf”; International Council of Museums (ICOM), “ICOM-code-En-web.pdf”.
Sources used in this film
- UCL DISCOVERY — Introduction: Museum Archaeology · View →
- ICOMON — The_history_of_the_department_of_coins_and_medals_in_the_Hungarian_National_Museum.pdf · View →
- SMB — Plain_Talk_Chronology_Bode_Museum_SMB_english.pdf · View →
- Getty Museum — Categories for the Description of Works of Art · View →
- German Museums Association — mb-leitfaden-en-web.pdf · View →
- Bard Graduate Center — Global Things: Trade and Material Culture in the First Age of Globalization, c. 1500–1800 · View →
- International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC ICOM) — UMAC-Guidance-Restitution-2022.pdf · View →
- International Council of Museums (ICOM) — ICOM-code-En-web.pdf · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: UCL DISCOVERY: Introduction: Museum Archaeology
- Also: ICOMON: The_history_of_the_department_of_coins_and_medals_in_the_Hungarian_National_Museum.pdf
- Also: SMB: Plain_Talk_Chronology_Bode_Museum_SMB_english.pdf
- Also: J. Paul Getty Trust: Ownership/Collecting History
- Also: German Museums Association: mb-leitfaden-en-web.pdf
- Also: Bard Graduate Center: Global Things: Trade and Material Culture in the First Age of Globalization, c. 1500–1800
- Also: International Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC ICOM): UMAC-Guidance-Restitution-2022.pdf
- Also: International Council of Museums (ICOM): ICOM-code-En-web.pdf
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