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Do museums still need objects?

Main Author: Conn, Steven.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Museums > History > 20th century. > United States
Museum exhibits > History > 20th century. > United States
Museums > Collection management > 20th century. > United States > History
Cultural property > History > 20th century. > United States
Art objects > History > 20th century. > United States
Museums > Political aspects > 20th century. > United States > History
Museums > Social aspects > 20th century. > United States > History
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10641565
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Thinking about museums
  • Do museums still need objects?
  • Whose objects? Whose culture? The contexts of repatriation
  • Where is the East?
  • Where have all the grown-ups gone?
  • The birth and the death of a museum
  • Museums, public space, and civic identity.

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