Description: A groundbreaking book recounting the as-yet-untold story of political action at museums in Canada from 1900 to the present.
Brief description: Kirsty Robertson is associate professor of museum studies and contemporary art at the University of Western Ontario and co-editor and writer of a number of books, including Negotiations in a Vacant Lot: Studying the Visual in Canada.
Review Quotes: "For students of History, Art, Museum Studies, and Urban Planning, this book teaches the reader how museum spaces, art galleries, and movements around remembrance have been politicized, co-opted, and/or mobilized within these institutions in the Canadian context over the course of the twentieth century. Robertson's work remains important to the field at large and will continue to be interrogated by scholars for years to come." Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation