Archologie en muse et identits nationales en Europe (1848-1914)

Des spcialistes de lensemble de lEurope dcrivent les enjeux politiques et scientifiques auxquelles a prsid la fondation des muses darchologie entre 1848 et 1914\. Au travers de personnalits minentes, le livre restitue un tour dhorizon europen des institutions musales abritant les vestiges issus du sol. Au-del dune histoire de linstitution, il sagit de montrer comment une pense politique et des conceptions historiques se sont retrouves refltes dans les muses, en retraant aussi bien une histoire scientifique que toute une socit savante et lesprit dune poque. Entre hier et aujourdhui, quels muses au sein dune mme nation, quelles ralits et quelles politiques ? Les muses darchologie doivent-ils toujours raconter lhistoire de la nation, et quelle histoire ? Comment grent-ils la contradiction qui pse entre la recherche scientifique, en perptuelle interrogation, et le dsir de se rattacher des racines ancres dans un socle identitaire stable ? Aujourdhui au cur dun nouveau paysage des muses darchologie, rel ou idal, ces questions sont galement abordes. English abstract Specialists from across Europe describe the political and scientific challenges that accompanied the foundation of archaeological museums between 1848 and 1914\. Through eminent personalities, the book provides a European overview of museum institutions housing artifacts derived from the ground. Beyond the history of the institution, the aim is to demonstrate how political thought and historical conceptions found reflection in museums, tracing not only a scientific history but also an entire scholarly society and the spirit of an era. Between the past and the present, which museums exist within a nation, what realities, and what policies? Should archaeological museums always narrate the history of the nation, and which history should that be? How do they manage the contradiction that arises from the perpetual questioning of scientific research and the desire to connect with roots firmly entrenched in a stable identity? Today, at the heart of a new landscape of archaeological museums, whether real or ideal, these questions are also addressed.