Do museums still need objects?
By: Steven Conn.
Series: The arts and intellectual life in modern America
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780812241907
Subjects: Museums -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Museum exhibits -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Museums -- Collection management -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Cultural property -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Art objects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Museums -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Museums -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Thinking about museums; title: Do museums need objects anymore?; title: Objects of culture and cultural objects; title: Where is the East?; title: Where have all the grown-ups gone?; title: The birth and the death of a museum; title: Museums, public space, and civic identity.