Table of Contents

Section 1: On the Nature of Museum Space 1. Rethinking Museum Architecture: Towards a Site-Specific History of Production and Use 2. Black Box Science in Black Box Science Centres 3. Space and the Machine: Adaptive Museums, Pervasive Technology and the New Gallery Environment 4. Creative Space Section 2: Architectural Reshaping 5. From Cultural Institution to Cultural Consumer Experience: Manchester Art Gallery Expansion Project 6. Spatial Culture, Way-Finding and the Educational Message: The Impact of Layout on the Spatial, Social and Educational Experiences of Visitors to Museums and Galleries 7. The Grande Galerie de l'Evolution: An Alternative Cognitive experience 8. Producing a Public for Art: Gallery Space in the Twenty-First Century 9. Towards a New Museum Architecture: Narrative and Representation Section 3: Inside Spaces 10. Building on Victorian Ideas 11. Representing Enlightenment Space 12. The Studio in the Gallery? 13. When Worlds Collide: The Contemporary Museum as Art Gallery 14. Constructing and Communicating Equality: The Social Agency of Museum Space Section 4: Creative Space 15. Threshold Fear 16. From Cathedra;s of Culture to Anchor Attractor 17. The Vital Museum