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Language: en
Pages: 318
Authors: Steven Conn
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Conn's study includes familiar places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Academy of Natural Sciences, but he also draws attention to forgotten ones, li
U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Laura Schiavo
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-08 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation is the first collection to examine the history of museums in the United States through the lens of the
Museums in Motion
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Edward Porter Alexander
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Rowman Altamira

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In 1979, Edward P. Alexander's Museums in Motion was hailed as a much-needed addition to the museum literature. In combining the history of museums since the ei
Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age
Language: en
Pages: 166
Authors: Haidy Geismar
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-14 - Publisher: UCL Press

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Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age explores the nature of digital objects in museums, asking us to question our assumptions about the material, social an
Sight Unseen
Language: en
Pages: 253
Authors: Martin A. Berger
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-11-03 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"A compelling and challenging work."—Frances K. Pohl, author of Framing America "Berger is unafraid to tackle the major issues, and this book shows it."—Bru