Shows, museums and the legacies of colonialism in countries without colonies

Abstract

Only recently, the curators, academics and the general public realized the need to include under this heading not just looted cultural objects or sensitive exhibits, such as human remains or religious objects, but the whole system of thought, expression, teaching and representation that arose out of the globalization processes, colonialism, and imperial expansion of the modern era.

Keywords

• Difficult heritage
• museum studies
• ethnographic shows
• Central and Eastern Europe