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The Museum, Its Meaning and Mission
Nikolai Fedorov
The museum is the last remnant of the cult of ancestors; it is a special type of that cult, which while being expelled from religion, as we see with Protestants, is reestablished in the form of museums. The only thing higher than the old tatters preserved in museums is the very dust itself, the very remains of the dead; just as the only thing that would be higher than a museum would be a grave, unless the museum itself does not become a transport of ashes to the city, or a transformation of…
e-flux Journal
Posted: May 1, 2015
Category
Museums, Philosophy
Subjects
The Cosmos, Cosmism, Death