Do museums still need objects? Steven Conn

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conn, Steven.

Series:

Arts and intellectual life in modern America

The arts and intellectual life in modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Museums.

Museum exhibits--United States--History--20th century.

Museum exhibits.

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

Cultural property--United States--History--20th century.

Cultural property.

Art objects--United States--History--20th century.

Art objects.

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

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

Physical Description:

262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.

Contents:

Introduction: Thinking about museums

Do museums still need objects?

Whose objects? Whose culture? The contexts of repatriation

Where is the East?

Where have all the grown-ups gone?

The birth and the death of a museum

Museums, public space, and civic identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

HSP credit line: Nathan Dunn's Chinese Museum, c. 1840 from Illustrated News; b1609, Interior of Chinese Museum, 1838. Kennedy Watercolor Collection (K:3-95.1)

ISBN:

9780812241907 (alk. paper)

0812241908 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

317623331