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Dream spaces : memory and the museum / Gaynor Kavanagh

Author:
Kavanagh, Gaynor  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2000
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Educational aspects  Search this
Memory (Philosophy)  Search this
Memory--Social aspects  Search this
Learning, Psychology of  Search this
Communication and culture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_603405

Museums and memory / edited by Susan A. Crane

Author:
Crane, Susan A  Search this
Physical description:
x, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Historiography  Search this
Museum exhibits--Historiography  Search this
Memory (Philosophy)  Search this
Culture--Historiography  Search this
History--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_605511

Fred Wilson : a critical reader / edited by Doro Globus

Author:
Globus, Doro  Search this
Wilson, Fred 1954-  Search this
Subject:
Wilson, Fred 1954-  Search this
Wilson, Fred 1954-  Search this
Physical description:
507 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Interviews
Date:
2011
Topic:
African American artists  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Artists and museums  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_987774

The thing about museums : objects and experience, representation and contestation : essays in honour of professor Susan M. Pearce / edited by Sandra Dudley ... [et al.]

Author:
Dudley, Sandra H  Search this
Pearce, Susan M  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 396 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Case studies
Date:
2011
Topic:
Museum exhibits  Search this
Museum techniques  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_988334

Curatorial dreams : critics imagine exhibitions / edited by Shelley Ruth Butler and Erica Lehrer

Editor:
Butler, Shelley Ruth  Search this
Lehrer, Erica T.  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2016
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museum exhibits--Philosophy  Search this
Museum techniques--Philosophy  Search this
Critics  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1064044

The art of relevance / by Nina Simon

Author:
Simon, Nina  Search this
Physical description:
191 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Case studies
Date:
2016
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Engagement (Philosophy)  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Public relations  Search this
Museum visitors--Education  Search this
Communication and culture  Search this
Call number:
AM7 .S55 2016
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1094310

The museum's culture: a post-modern perspective

Author:
Crimp, Douglas  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1984
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museum philosophy  Search this
Museum role and function  Search this
Data Source:
Museum Studies Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_600

A companion to museum studies edited by Sharon Macdonald

Author:
Macdonald, Sharon  Search this
Subject:
Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xx, 570 pages) illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic book
Electronic books
Date:
2006
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museum techniques  Search this
Musées--Philosophie  Search this
Musées--Aspect social  Search this
Muséologie  Search this
Museumskunde  Search this
Museum  Search this
Museumkunde  Search this
Museologia  Search this
Musees--Philosophie  Search this
Musees--Aspect social  Search this
Museologie  Search this
Call number:
AM7 .C59 2006 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146086

Fragments shored against their ruin: Victorian museum culture

Author:
Black, Barbara Joanne  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1991
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museum history  Search this
Museum philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Museum Studies Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_705

The work of memory: Ekphrasis, museums, and memorialism in Keats, Quatremere de Quincy, Balzac, and Flaubert

Author:
Rauth, Eric  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1990
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Museum history  Search this
Museum philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Museum Studies Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_716

Curating community : museums, constitutionalism, and the taming of the political / Stacy Douglas

Author:
Douglas, Stacy  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 198 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2017
Topic:
Museums--Political aspects  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Community life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1087076

Sentient relics : museums and cinematic affect / Janice Baker

Author:
Baker, Janice 1960-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 140 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2017
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Motion pictures--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Motion pictures--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Psychological aspects  Search this
Motion pictures--Psychological aspects  Search this
Social integration  Search this
Marginality, Social  Search this
Multiculturalism  Search this
Affect (Psychology)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1089992

The curatorial conundrum : what to study? what to research? what to practice? / edited by Paul O'Neill, Mick Wilson, Lucy Steeds

Editor:
O'Neill, Paul 1970-  Search this
Wilson, Mick  Search this
Steeds, Lucy  Search this
Physical description:
263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2016
Topic:
Art museums--Curatorship--Philosophy  Search this
Art museum curators  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1091022

Toward a typology of museums: a multivariate analysis of museum functions and roles

Author:
Dodds, Kathleen Sharon  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1992
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museology  Search this
Museum philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Museum Studies Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_688

Museums in Jamaica: a proposal for an alternative approach

Author:
Hyatt, Vera Hyacinth  Search this
Type:
Citations
Place:
Jamaica
Date:
1985
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museum philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Museum Studies Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_727

Museums in motion : an introduction to the history and functions of museums / Edward P. Alexander, Mary Alexander, and Juilee Decker

Author:
Alexander, Edward P (Edward Porter) 1907-2003  Search this
Alexander, Mary 1946-  Search this
Decker, Juilee  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 373 pages ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2017
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museums--History  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076718

Museums, power, knowledge : selected essays / Tony Bennett

Author:
Bennett, Tony 1947-  Search this
Subject:
Foucault, Michel 1926-1984 Influence  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2018
Topic:
Museum techniques  Search this
Museum techniques--History  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Culture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1089993

Museums and public art? / edited by Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie

Editor:
Knight, Cher Krause  Search this
Senie, Harriet  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2018
Topic:
Art museums--Philosophy  Search this
Public art  Search this
Call number:
N430 .M874 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1091885

Making it meaningful: engaging youth and young adults in cultural institutions / Ruth Harvey

Author:
Harvey, Ruth  Search this
Physical description:
74 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Type:
Case studies
Place:
United States
Date:
2011
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museum visitors--Education (Elementary)  Search this
Museum visitors--Education (Secondary)  Search this
Communication and culture  Search this
Arts and youth  Search this
Identity (Philosophical concept)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078627

Letter to Lagat / [a book by Sam Hopkins and Simon Rittmeier ; essay, Kitso Lynn Lelliott]

Author:
Hopkins, Sam 1979-  Search this
Rittmeier, Simon  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Lelliott, Kitso Lynn  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of Kenya Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
104 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered pages)
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Kenya
Date:
2015
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Art, Kenyan  Search this
Art museums--Collection management  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1062196

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