Introducing Collections

• Museum objects, whether original orsurrogate, are normally part of a collection
  • Collections may be ‘real’...
    • the Sutton Hoo hoard
    • the Terracotta Warriors
  • ...an aspect of the process by which objects enter the museum...
    • the Burrell Collection
    • Solomon Guggenheim’s art collection
  • …or simply practical
    • coins at the British Museum
    • the Tate Gallery’s collection of works by Da Vinci.

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