The emergence of the modern museum : an anthology of nineteenth-century sources / edited by Jonah Siegel.
Published / Created:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
xix, 381 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007006153.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.
Contents:
From collection to museum -- Private collections -- Toward a public art collection -- The public in the museum -- Rationalizing the national collections -- Art and the national gallery -- Natural history and the British Museum -- Pedagogy: South Kensington and the provinces -- Reform and the psychology of museum attendance -- From wonders to signs: anthropology and archeology -- Exhibiting India.
Subject Terms:
Museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Museums -- Collection management -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Museum exhibits -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Museum attendance -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.