…the museum as a retrieval system for classified objects is not … — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript, edited by William Buxton, published 2026, p 65

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…the museum as a retrieval system for classified objects is not going to be acceptable very long. People now feel the need to have a sense of the total surround of these objects and the total environment that produced them. And the sort of culture that produced them.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript, edited by William Buxton, published 2026, p 65

Quote #4828

Year: 1967

Chapter: Museum