num_pages: 201
description: In these 19 insightful and frequently witty meditations, Stephen E. Weil examines the purposes and functions of the museum in the late 20th century, proposing museums make encounters with a variety of visitors more central to their operation.
language: English
title: Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations
titlecomplete: Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations
genres: Nonfiction, Museology
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press