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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788493503321

Autore

Walker William S. <1978->

Titolo

A living exhibition : the Smithsonian and the transformation of the universal museum / / William S. Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-61376-269-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Public History in Historical Perspective

Disciplina

069.09753

Soggetti

Public history - United States - History

Museum exhibits - Political aspects - United States

United States Cultural policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the changing universal museum -- The universal museum: shaping cultural exhibition at the Smithsonian -- History and technology: a new museum, a new era -- Open education: the Festival of American Folklife and the transformation of space at the Smithsonian -- Inclusion or separation? The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and the Festival of American Folklife's American Indian programs -- Finding national unity through cultural diversity: the Smithsonian and the Bicentennial -- A family of humankind: the making and unmaking of a museum of man at the Smithsonian -- Epilogue: Is it possible to see it all?