The Museum
Subtitle: A Reference Guide
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: July 24, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780313236860
Subjects: Museums & Museology; Museology (General); Reference; Art; USA; Bibliographies & Indexes; General; Art / General; Bibliography; History; Museums
First sentence: According to some authorities, the spectacular gardens of Montezuma that Cortés and his companions saw in Mexico provided the unique impetus for the rather rapid development of living collections of natural historythe large-scale menageries and gardens of exotic species of southern Europe.