The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479809332ISBN-10:1479809330UPC:9781479809332Book Category:Art, Reference, HistoryBook Subcategory:Museum Studies, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.10 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCY4BD3GYA
The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience
Celebrates the resilience of American cultural institutions in the face of national crises and challenges
On an afternoon in January 1865, a roaring fire swept through the Smithsonian Institution. Dazed soldiers and worried citizens could only watch as the flames engulfed the museum's castle. Rare objects and valuable paintings were destroyed. The flames at the Smithsonian were not the first--and...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479809332ISBN-10:1479809330UPC:9781479809332Book Category:Art, Reference, HistoryBook Subcategory:Museum Studies, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.10 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCY4BD3GYA
Samuel J. Redman is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums and Prophets and Ghosts: The Story of Salvage Anthropology.
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