Museum, Materials and Discussions. Journal of Museum Studies

MMD – Museum, Materials and Discussions. Journal of Museum Studies is an open-access academic journal in English, French, and Italian, devoted to museology, museography, Cultural Heritage as well as research on audiences and fruition with an international outlook, addressing both the life of museum institutions and collections, and the latest challenges they face in their broad cultural and social dimension.

ISSN 3034-9699

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Exhibiting the Sacred: Objects, Spaces, and Practices between Museums and Territory

2026-01-27

Call for papers MMD, No. 7, March 2027

Exhibiting the Sacred: Objects, Spaces, and Practices between Museums and Territory

Guest editor: Alessandro Paolo Lena, alessandropaolo.len2@unibo.it

Museums and Sound: Design and Curating Strategies

2025-05-05

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026): The exhibitions in Japan: Historical perspectives and contemporary relevance

Edited by Naoki Sato

Published: 2026-03-31

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Architecture and Displays

Corporate Art Museums in Japan

Robert Maximilian Woitschützke

241-253
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Behind the scenes

Career Transitions for Museum Curators in Japan: A Case Study

Mari Watanabe

255-271
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Materials

Shomei Tomatsu’s Hikōki (Airplane): Rediscovery and Archival of the 16mm Film

Tomoko Araki

275-302
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Exhibiting Japan: Displays and Narratives of Japanese Graphic Design in Paris and Bologna

Federico Maria Giorgi, Alessandro Paolo Lena

305-332
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Museum, Materials and Discussions. Journal of Museum Studies

Announcements

Exhibiting the Sacred: Objects, Spaces, and Practices between Museums and Territory

Museums and Sound: Design and Curating Strategies

Current Issue

Full Issue

Dossier

The Genealogy of Japanese Museums: From the Shōsōin Treasury in Nara to the Östasiatiska Museet in Stockholm

Establishment of a Museum in Modern Japan: From the Perspective of the Influence of the South Kensington Museum

Japanese Museums: Challenges, Prospects, and a LifeDeath Perspective on Cultural Inheritance

Community-Based Museum and Intangible Cultural Resources: From the Perspective of the Concept of Post-Museum

Text as Narration: Exhibition Texts and Regimes of Art in Contemporary Japan

The Formation of the Collection and Exhibition History of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

An Examination of Museology in Japan: Current Trends and Future Directions

Patronage, Industry, and Institution: A Genealogy of Privately Funded Museums and Contemporary Art in Japan

Experience and Publics

From Passive Viewers to Active Curators: Rethinking Museum Education through Youth Engagement

Digital Technologies for Cultural Heritage

Tools for Tomorrow’s Exhibitions: Art Platform Japan, Digital Resources, and Knowledge Management in Japanese Art

Architecture and Displays

Corporate Art Museums in Japan

Behind the scenes

Career Transitions for Museum Curators in Japan: A Case Study

Materials

Shomei Tomatsu’s Hikōki (Airplane): Rediscovery and Archival of the 16mm Film

Exhibiting Japan: Displays and Narratives of Japanese Graphic Design in Paris and Bologna

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