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Campbell, A J (2012) The politics of canal construction: the Ashby Canal, 1781-1804, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of English Local History, University of Leicester.
Leyland, M R (2016) Patronage and the architectural profession: the country house in nineteenth-century Northamptonshire, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of History of Art and Film, University of Leicester.
Mikhailova, A (2017) Spatial evolution of a museum building: a case of the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: built environment; climate; communication; complexity; construction stages; government; improvement; renovation; professional; case study
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- URL: https://figshare.com/articles/Spatial_Evolution_of_a_Museum_Building_A_Case_of_the_State_Historical_Museum_in_Moscow/10202993
- Abstract:
This thesis contributes to the modern understanding of museum architecture, by exploring the relationship between a museum as an organisation and its physical form of the museum building. By choosing the spatial transformations at the State Historical Museum in Moscow as a case study, it introduces Russian museum practices into international museological context. The thesis analyses the planning and construction stages, as well as two major renovations that took place in significantly different political contexts: Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and the modern democratic Federation. Applying a micro historical approach and a facility management lens offers an insight into the complexity of the processes that shape the physical space: its sensitivity to internal and external agencies and multiple contexts, such as the urban built environment; the political climate and the economy; museum trends; and the professional community. The building itself, once completed or at earlier stages, becomes another actor in the equation. An in-depth analysis of the events in question reveals the elaborate nature of the production of space, and demonstrates the importance of professional communication and interpersonal relationships that can impact the institution, both positively and adversely. The attitudes to the Museum, demonstrated by different governments over the years, offer an insight into how a central location can be viewed as a bigger asset than the institution itself and discourage it from independence, both organisationally and spatially. The history of the SHM, and the multiple improvements it required over less than 150 years of functioning, serve as evidence of the importance of planning and foresight.
O'Connor, L A (2003) A socio-technical analysis of the standards based apprenticeship in Ireland: a case study of the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Education, University of Leicester.