Abstract This article presents two case studies, which are the result of the application of a gendered interpretative tool to the collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London) and the Vasa Museum (Stockholm). Objects and their gendered narratives within the museums’ collections were researched across their lifecycle, from commission and manufacture to consumption and display in a museum setting. This research was developed in close co-operation between researchers, curators, and museum professionals, seeking to develop best practice guidance on making diverse gendered history more visible in the museum space. The team of researchers, curators and museum professionals identified and researched a selection of early modern objects and their gendered narratives within the museums' collections. We argue that this gendered analytical focus not only reveals the relevance of gender to the production, consumption and use of any given object in the early modern period, but also how society was organised in a global context. Using two hats at the Vasa and V&A Museums to demonstrate this methodology, we argue for greater awareness of gender as an important analytical category within the museum environment. The application of gendered historiographical analysis has the demonstrable potential to facilitate new gendered perspectives on museum objects, leading to a more deep and diverse representation of gender in curation and interpretation, and further, that this transformation of curatorial and interpretative practice can lead to increased engagement from audiences marginalised by their gender and/or sexuality.

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V&A 博物馆和瓦萨博物馆的性别对象

摘要 本文介绍了两个案例研究，它们是将性别解释工具应用于维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆（伦敦）和瓦萨博物馆（斯德哥尔摩）的藏品的结果。博物馆藏品中的物品及其性别叙事在其整个生命周期中进行了研究，从委托和制造到博物馆环境中的消费和展示。这项研究是在研究人员、策展人和博物馆专业人士之间的密切合作下开展的，旨在制定最佳实践指南，以在博物馆空间中更加清晰地看到不同性别的历史。研究人员、策展人和博物馆专业人员组成的团队确定并研究了博物馆藏品中的一系列早期现代物品及其性别叙事。我们认为，这种性别分析的重点不仅揭示了性别与现代早期任何给定对象的生产、消费和使用的相关性，而且揭示了社会在全球背景下的组织方式。使用瓦萨博物馆和 V&A 博物馆的两顶帽子来展示这种方法，我们主张提高对性别作为博物馆环境中重要分析类别的认识。性别史学分析的应用具有明显的潜力，可以促进对博物馆物品的新性别观点，从而在策展和解释中更深入和多样化地表现性别，此外，这种策展和解释实践的转变可以增加参与度来自被性别和/或性取向边缘化的观众。