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Published to mark 20 years since the landmark opening of Te Papa on 1998, this book by well-known museum studies academic Conal McCarthy examines the vision behind the museum, how it has evolved in the last two decades, and the particular way Te Papa goes about the business of being a national museum, with major history, natural history and art collections, in a nation with two Treaty partners.
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