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Living Exhibition
William S. Walker
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Description for Living Exhibition
Paperback. Series: Public History in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Since its founding in 1846 ""for the increase and diffusion of knowledge,"" the Smithsonian Institution has been an important feature of the American cultural landscape. In A Living Exhibition, William S. Walker examines the tangled history of cultural exhibition at the Smithsonian from its early years to the chartering of the National Museum of the American Indian in 1989. He tracks the transformation of the institution from its original ideal as a ""universal museum"" intended to present the totality of human experience to the variegated museum and research complex of today. Walker pays particular attention to the half century following ... Read more
Since its founding in 1846 ""for the increase and diffusion of knowledge,"" the Smithsonian Institution has been an important feature of the American cultural landscape. In A Living Exhibition, William S. Walker examines the tangled history of cultural exhibition at the Smithsonian from its early years to the chartering of the National Museum of the American Indian in 1989. He tracks the transformation of the institution from its original ideal as a ""universal museum"" intended to present the totality of human experience to the variegated museum and research complex of today. Walker pays particular attention to the half century following ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Public History in Historical Perspective
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625340269
SKU
V9781625340269
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About William S. Walker
William S. Walker is assistant professor of history, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta, USA.
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