Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons : the emergence of the American museum : [exhibition] /
Alderson, William T.(William Thomas),1926-
American Association of Museums.
Baltimore City Life Museums.
Peale Museum.
Washington, D.C. : American Association of Museums,
1992.
"The ... exhibition ran from Dec. 1, 1990 to June 30, 1992 at the Peale Museum in Baltimore"--p. 17.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-99) and index.
Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons: an exhibition on the evolution of early American museums / Edward P. Alexander -- Entrepreneurs and intellectuals: natural history in early American museums / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- A timeline of the Peale family, 1814-1829 -- In pursuit of a profit / John W. Druel -- A timeline of Peale's Baltimore museum, 1814-1829 -- Peale's museum: politics, idealism, and public patronage in the early republic / Ruth Helm -- Social class and participation in Peale's Philadelphia museum / David R. Brigham.
Peale family.
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
Museums