History curatorship /

History curatorship / by Gaynor Kavanagh.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kavanagh, Gaynor.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1990]
Subjects:	Museums > Administration. Historical museums > Management. Museum techniques. History > Sources > Exhibitions > Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Table of Contents:

History museums
History and the public museum : 1850-1930
Folklife museums : the inter-war years
History museums : post-war
History museums since the 1960s
History in history museums
Theoretical frameworks
Methodological foundations
Fieldwork, recording and sources
Selection, acquisition and care of material
Objects as evidence
History museums and the public
History in exhibitions
Interpretation and performance
Meaning, learning and education
The future.