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Left Coast Press, Inc. is pleased to announce:

MUSEUM ORIGINS: READINGS IN EARLY MUSEUM HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY
Edited by Hugh H. Genoways and Mary Anne Andrei
April 2008
352 pages, $34.95 paperback (15% discount on web orders at www.LCoastPress.com)

This essential anthology collects 50 of the most important writings on museum philosophy dating from the field's formative period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, written by many of the American and European founders of the field. With the development of institutions displaying natural science, history, and art came debates over the role of these museums in society. Genoways and Andrei contextualize these writings with a series of introductions that show how the museum field developed within the social environment of the era. For those interested in museum history and philosophy or cultural history, this is an indispensable resource. The readings in this book would be ideal for introductory courses in museology and museum history or for museum professionals wishing to gain greater insight into the origins of  modern museum philosophy.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

Section 1: MUSEUM ORIGINS

Section 2: MUSEUM PHILOSPHY

Section 3: MUSEUM EDUCATION

Section 4: MUSEUM EXHIBITION

Section 5: MUSEUMS AND UNIVERSITIES

Section 6: PHILOSOPHY OF MUSEUMS WITH LIVING COLLECTIONS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

LITERATURE CITED

ABOUT THE EDITORS


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