Abstract
SUMMARY: This paper analyses the interpretation and treatment of material culture by the Imperial War Museum (IWM) following the First and the Second World Wars. It finds that in the inter-war years the IWM presented its collection within a framework of hybrid value based on the material link between the objects of war and the events from which they originated. However, following the Second World War a different system of value was enacted. The authorities in this period steered collecting towards models and dioramas as a means of placing greater emphasis on the institution’s informative role.
| Translated title of the contribution | Objects of war: the response of the Imperial War Museum, London, to the First and the Second World Wars |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 261-273 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Post-Medieval Archaeology |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 May 2017 |
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