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Museum Origins: Readings in Early Museum History and Philosophy - Genoways, Hugh H (Editor), and Andrei, Mary Anne (Editor)
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With the development of institutions displaying natural science, history, and art in the late 19th century came the debates over the role of these museum in society. This anthology collects 50 of the most important writings on museum philosophy dating from this formative period, written by the many of the American and European founders of the field. Genoways and Andrei contextualize these pieces with a series of introductions showing how the museum field developed within the social environment of the era. For those ...

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Museum Origins: Readings in Early Museum History and Philosophy 2008, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781598741971

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Museum Origins: Readings in Early Museum History and Philosophy 2008, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781598741964

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