Download or read book Joseph Banks and the British Museum written by Neil Chambers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Joseph Banks and the British Museum examines the ways different eighteenth-century collections (including Banks' own) were managed, and how the British Museum and collecting more generally grew and changed in this important period of travel, exploration and empire (1770-1830). Taking Bank's extraordinary career as its basis, this book examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale and shows how these affected the British Museum itself. The book will appeal to scholars of eighteenth-century science, culture and arts, museum history, exploration and empire." -- Cover.