What we have been saying is “wrong” with the museum (if you can … — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 99

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What we have been saying is “wrong” with the museum (if you can use that kind of value judgment) is that it isn’t tribal enough. It’s too continuous and connected.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 99

Quote #3510

Year: 1967

Chapters: Linear and Nonlinear | Discontinuity | Museum | Retribalizing

↪ Also at #6196, #4832, #1585