| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Museums and collections ; Volume 11
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Museums and collections ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreward -- Prologue. fieldnotes from the badlands -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Chronology A. Lists of relevant leadership -- Chronology B. Geologic time scale -- Chronology C. Fossil exhibits timeline -- Introduction -- Increase and diffusion : early fossil exhibits and a history of institutional culture -- Group dynamics : exhibit meetings and expertise -- group dynamics : the roots of team frictions and complementarities -- Content development : debates about interconnected processes and static things -- Content development : the roots of interpretive frictions and complementarities -- Diffusion and increase: shifts in institutional culture from modernization to now -- Conclusion -- Coda : the nation'sT-rex -- Appendix A. Consent form -- Appendix B. Interview questionnaires -- Sample team interview questionnaire -- Sample oral history interview questionnaire -- Glossary. |
| Summary |
Extinct Monsters to Deep Time is an ethnography that documents the growing friction between the research and outreach functions of the museum in the 21st century. Marsh describes participant observation and historical research at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History as it prepared for its largest-ever exhibit renovation, Deep Time.' As a museum ethnography, the book provides a grounded perspective on the inner-workings of the world's largest natural history museum and the social processes of communicating science to the public. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) |
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Museum techniques -- United States.
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Museum outreach programs -- United States.
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NATURE / Essays. |
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NATURE / Reference. |
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TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism. |
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ART / Museum Studies |
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Museum techniques |
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Museum outreach programs |
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Museum techniques -- Research |
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United States |
| Indexed Term |
Museum Ethnography, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Museum of Natural History, Deep Time Exhibit, Curation. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Marsh, Diana E., 1986-, author. Extinct Monsters to Deep Time First edition. New York : Berghahn Books, [2019] 9781789201222 (DLC) 2018053348 |
| ISBN |
9781789201239 (ebook) |
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1789201233 |
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9781789201222 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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