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The birth of the museum : history, theory and politics / Tony Bennett

Author:
Bennett, Tony 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 278 p. : ill., maps, plates ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1995
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museum techniques  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Museums--Management--Social aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_470072
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Vagues : une anthologie de la nouvelle muséologie

Author:
Desvallées, André  Search this
Bary, Marie-Odile de  Search this
Wasserman, Françoise  Search this
Physical description:
v. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1992
C1992-
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museum techniques  Search this
Call number:
AM7 .V34 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_480344
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Museum Philosophy

Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board  Search this
Container:
Box 7 of 14
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 581, Smithsonian Institution, National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, Project Records
See more items in:
Project Records
Project Records / Box 7
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0581-refidd1e2046
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Museum Philosophy, 1956-1958

Container:
Box 7 of 10
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 623, National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director, Exhibition Records
See more items in:
Exhibition Records
Exhibition Records / Box 7
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
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Museums in motion : an introduction to the history and functions of museums / Edward P. Alexander and Mary Alexander

Author:
Alexander, Edward P (Edward Porter) 1907-2003  Search this
Alexander, Mary 1946-  Search this
American Association for State and Local History  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 352 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2008
C2008
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museums--History  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_832343
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Museums and their communities / edited by Sheila Watson

Author:
Watson, Sheila E. R  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 568 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
Topic:
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museum exhibits--Social aspects  Search this
Community life  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museum visitors  Search this
Group identity  Search this
Memory--Social aspects  Search this
Historical museums--Social aspects  Search this
Anthropological museums and collections--Social aspects  Search this
Archaeological museums and collections--Social aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_824837
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Museums after modernism : strategies of engagement / edited by Griselda Pollock and Joyce Zemans

Author:
Pollock, Griselda  Search this
Zemans, Joyce 1940-  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 248 p. : ill ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
Topic:
Art museums--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_825780
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American museums in the 21st century : by whose authority? / by W. Richard West

Author:
West, W. Richard  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Philosophy  Search this
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Management  Search this
Physical description:
14 leaves ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
2002?]
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Management  Search this
Call number:
AM7 .W43 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_767190
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Reshaping museum space : architecture, design, exhibitions / edited by Suzanne Macleod

Author:
Macleod, Suzanne  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 241 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2005
Topic:
Museum architecture  Search this
Space (Architecture)  Search this
Museum buildings  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Museums--Information technology  Search this
Museums--Technological innovations  Search this
Cultural property--Protection  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_780085
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ICOM 1995, Stavenger, Norway : Programmes of the international committees and affiliated international organizations = Programmes d'activitées des comités internationaux et des organisations internationales affiliées

Title:
Programmes of the international committees and affiliated international organizations
Programmes d'activitées des comités internationaux et des organisations internationales affiliées
Author:
General Conference of ICOM (17th : 1995 : Stavanger, Norway)  Search this
Subject:
International Council of Museums  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (various pagings) ; 30 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1995
1995]
Topic:
Museums  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Call number:
AM5 .I62 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_801739
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Artworkers Coalition documents : 1969, January, February, March, April

Title:
Documents 1
Author:
Art Workers Coalition  Search this
Subject:
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
p. A-B, 121 p. : facsims. ; 28 cm
Type:
Sources
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1969
C1969
20th century
Topic:
Arts--Philosophy--History  Search this
Art museums--Philosophy--History  Search this
Art  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Call number:
N620.M9 A94 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_786156
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Museum skepticism : a history of the display of art in public galleries / David Carrier

Author:
Carrier, David 1944-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 313 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
Topic:
Art museums--Social aspects  Search this
Art museums--Philosophy  Search this
Art--Exhibition techniques  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_799373
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Better things : an annotated visual essay of photographs interpreting the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester / Douglas Holleley

Author:
Holleley, Douglas  Search this
University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery  Search this
Subject:
University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
v, 119 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Rochester
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Photography of art  Search this
Interpretation (Philosophy) in art  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Art museums--Philosophy  Search this
Art objects  Search this
Call number:
TR657 .H65 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752287
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Looking reality in the eye : museums and social responsibility / edited by Robert R. Janes and Gerald T. Conaty

Author:
Janes, Robert R  Search this
Conaty, Gerald T  Search this
Museums Association of Saskatchewan  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_810937
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Cabinets for the curious : looking back at early English museums / Ken Arnold

Author:
Arnold, Ken 1960-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 297 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Student Collection
Place:
England
Date:
2006
©2006
Topic:
Museums--History  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Cabinets of curiosities--History  Search this
Collectors and collecting--History  Search this
Museum techniques--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_797021
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Public art : thinking museums differently / Hilde Hein

Author:
Hein, Hilde S. 1932-  Search this
Physical description:
xxix, 167 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
C2006
Topic:
Art museums--Philosophy  Search this
Public art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_799282
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Museum philosophy for the twenty-first century / edited by Hugh H. Genoways

Author:
Genoways, Hugh H  Search this
Physical description:
x, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
C2006
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Historiography  Search this
Museums--Management  Search this
Museum techniques--Historiography  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_799585
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Museum revolutions : how museums and change and are changed / edited by Simon J. Knell, Suzanne MacLeod and Sheila Watson

Author:
Knell, Simon J  Search this
Macleod, Suzanne  Search this
Watson, Sheila E. R  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 385 p. : ill ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
Topic:
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museum exhibits--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museum visitors  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_825271
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Civilizing the museum : the collected writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian / Elaine Heumann Gurian

Author:
Gurian, Elaine Heumann 1937-  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 217 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Cultural property--Protection  Search this
Communication and culture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_792866
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The delirious museum : a journey from the Louvre to Las Vegas / Calum Storrie

Author:
Storrie, Calum  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 246 p. : ill ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Location  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_823338

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