Waking the Dead, Speaking to the Living: The Display of Human Remains in Museums

dc.creator	Stanton, Emily R.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-03T19:08:40Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-03T19:08:40Z
dc.date.issued	2021-06-25
dc.description.abstract	Artifacts are immensely powerful aids in telling stories from the past, yet it is the dead persons of past eras who accrued a host of ethical and legal issues. This article discusses several perspectives on and problems with the practice of displaying human remains in museums and includes a number of case studies from select museums in the USA and Europe. As a precaution to the reader, this article also features a few images of human bodies on display in museums.
dc.identifier.uri	http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/88987
dc.relation	Field Notes, v.11
dc.relation.replaces	https://dc.uwm.edu/fieldnotes/vol11/iss1/12
dc.subject	Museums
dc.subject	mortuary archaeology
dc.subject	museum displays
dc.subject	public engagement
dc.title	Waking the Dead, Speaking to the Living: The Display of Human Remains in Museums
dc.type	article
dcterms.isPartOf	Field Notes, v.11

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