Memory Studies
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Abstract
above all how museums became not just instruments of the Enlightenment but agents for its promulgation. This becomes especially interesting with the subject of evolution. The problem with the book is that its scope is limited to Britain, the United States and Australia. What emerges is the need for a far more wide-ranging study that will show how evolution was presented in museums throughout the world. It would be fascinating to see how these displays were related to the rise of nationalism, communism and fascism, for all these movements had distinct museum programmes. Though it will be patchy, evidence must exist in the archives of the world’s myriad museums, showing how these museums looked and thought during this crucial period in human history. This is not a criticism of Bennett’s book. The most flattering thing that can be said of a scholarly work is that it exposes the next layer to study.