Brushed with fame: museological investments in the Cook voyage collections
- Author
- Lissant Bolton, British Museum, United Kingdom
- Published
- Mon 01 Sep 2008
- Episode Link
- https://www.nma.gov.au/audio/captain-james-cook-series/brushed-with-fame-museological-investments-in-the-cook-voyage-collections
Date recorded: 28 July 2006.
Historian Lissant Bolton considers the nature of Captain James Cook's fame in a museological context and discusses how difficult it is to present artefacts from the Pacific in an exhibition without reference to Cook's three voyages.
