Museums and memory / edited by Susan A. Crane.
"The essays in this volume consider museums from personal experience and historical study, and from the memories of museum visitors, curators, and scholars." "Representing a variety of fields - history, anthropology, art history, and museum scholarship - the contributors discuss museu...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
[2000]
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Series: | Cultural sitings.
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Summary: | "The essays in this volume consider museums from personal experience and historical study, and from the memories of museum visitors, curators, and scholars." "Representing a variety of fields - history, anthropology, art history, and museum scholarship - the contributors discuss museums across the disciplinary boundaries that have separated art museums from natural history museums or local history museums from national galleries."--Jacket. |
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Physical Description: | x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0804735646 9780804735643 0804735654 9780804735650 |