Riches, rivals & radicals : 100 years of museums in America / Marjorie Schwarzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwarzer, Marjorie, 1957-

Contributor:

American Association of Museums.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--United States--History--20th century.

Museums.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 267 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Edition:

Revised and updated.

Other Title:

100 years of museums in America

Riches, rivals and radicals

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Association of Museums, [2012]

Summary:

Highly illustrated, exhaustively researched, and eminently readable, Riches, Rivals and Radicals describes the rise of the museums in America from the early 20th century to the early 21st - a story that parallels the historic changes in the United States. Through the decades, museums transformed themselves from cabinets of curiosity to centers of civic pride and prestige, stewards of who and what we are, our shared heritage, good and bad. The museum story is "filled with many notable and even some notorious characters," writes Marjorie Schwarzer, chair of the museum studies department at John F. Kennedy University. "How the American museum got to where it is today has required a long journey, sometimes arduous, often fascinating." Published in celebration of AAM's centennial and The Year of the Museum.

Contents:

The American museum. The building

The collection

The exhibition

People & money.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-249) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1933253053

9781933253053

OCLC:

793655301

Publisher Number:

99953687537