Engaging Smithsonian objects through science, history, and the arts
By: edited by Mary Jo Arnoldi
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781935623168; 9781935623731
Subjects: Material culture; Exhibitions; Social aspects; Smithsonian Institution; Museum exhibits; Smithsonian Material Culture Forum
Notes: "A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Material Matters : Ways of Knowing Museum Objects / Mary Jo Arnoldi; title: James Smithson's Crypt : Smithson's Crypt and the Search for a Proper Memorial / Richard E. Stamm; title: James Smithson's Remains : A Biological Perspective / David R. Hunt; title: Thomas Wilfred's Opus 152, "Study in Depth" : An Artist's Experiment with Lighting Viewed by a Historian of Technology / Bernard Finn; title: Silent Visual Music : Thomas Wilfred's Opus 152, "Study in Depth" / Judith Zilczer; title: A Not So "Gentle" History : Violent Explosions at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii / Richard S. Fiske; title: Objectifying Pele as Performance, Material Culture, and Cultural Landscape / Adrienne L. Kaeppler; title: How to Identify a Stradivarius Stringed Instrument / Gary Sturm and Bruno Frohlich; title: Violins from the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and Private Collections : A Pilot Comparative Study / Bruno Frohlich and Gary Sturm; title: The Huey 65-10126 Helicopter : Steed for the "Sky Calvary" / Roger Connor; title: Huey 65-10126 : A Curator's Journey of Discovery / Peter Jakab; title: A Central African Throwing Knife :  A Throwing Knife through Production and Use / S. Terry Childs; title: A Throwing Knife in Motion : The Journey from the Congo to the Smithsonian / Mary Jo Arnoldi; title: The Iron Lung : The Iron Lung in History and Cultural Memory / Katherine Ott; title: Whatever Happened to the Iron Lung? : Visitor Memories of an Iconic Medical Object / Matthew A. White; title: Augustus Washington's Portrait of John Brown Augustus Washington : Daguerreotypist of John Brown / Ann Shumard; title: In the Service of Abolitionism : Augustus Washington's Daguerreotype Portrait of John Brown / Frank H. Goodyear III; title: The 'Sole' Survivors : The Smithsonian's Ruby Slippers / Dwight Blocker Bowers; title: The Amazing Ruby Slippers and Their Magical Travels / Ellen Roney Hughes; title: Collecting a National Tragedy : The National Museum of American History and September 11 / James B. Gardner; title: A Moment in Time : September 11, 2001: Relevance of the Smithsonian Human Skeleton Collections / Marilyn R. London.