Steven:

Some specific articles on national museums:

"Reflecting the State of the Nation" - Museums Journal, Feb. 1995

"Removing the Legacy of the Korean Past" - Curator, Sept. 1998

"Museums Around the World" Chapter 10 in Museums: A Place to Work

" Exact Imagining:  The Museum As A Journey" - Museum News, March/April
1998


Hope this helps,

Dawn Scher Thomae
Milwaukee Public Museum


Also, check back issues of Museum International


Steven Lubar wrote:

> Can anyone suggest useful reading on the idea of a national museum:
> when
> was it invented, what has it meant to different countries at different
>
> times? Thanks for any advice.
>
> Steve Lubar
> National Museum of American History
>
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