博物馆:影响与价值

Museums:Impact and Value

现在人们已经不再认为博物馆理所当然地应该在社会中占有一席之地。当今公共服务部门改革要求博物馆必须说明其得到公共资源的理据何在,而仅仅说是为了"公众的利益"已不足以保证能得到政府的资助。政府的政策制定和资金划拨越来越强调"价值"这一概念,博物馆只有能够完成政府核心政策中所要求达到的目标才能够得到政府的资金支持。无论是在英国还是在澳大利亚,政府都希望博物馆能够产生长期社会影响。但是,越来越多的人对此提出了质疑,认为这种评价博物馆的方法太过于功利化;与此同时,研究者们又开始探讨博物馆的"内在价值"问题。因此,当今关于博物馆作用的问题,人们是围绕着"影响"和"价值"两大主题展开的。本文便是针对该问题的研究成果,调查展开的地点是澳大利亚。

The role of museums and their place within society is no longer one which we can take for granted.Eschewing the notion of funding based on public good ,successive iterations of public sector reform have progressively required museums to prove that they are worthy of public support.Notions of worth have increasingly been tied to the achievement of government policy and enforced through making attainment of key policy directions a condition of funding agreements.Current government policy aimed at building...