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Author Walker, William S., 1978-

Title A living exhibition : the Smithsonian and the transformation of the universal museum / William S. Walker.

Publication Info. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages :) : illustrations.
text file
Series Public history in historical perspective
Public history in historical perspective.
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction: the changing universal museum -- The universal museum: shaping cultural exhibition at the Smithsonian -- History and technology: a new museum, a new era -- Open education: the Festival of American Folklife and the transformation of space at the Smithsonian -- Inclusion or separation? The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and the Festival of American Folklife's American Indian programs -- Finding national unity through cultural diversity: the Smithsonian and the Bicentennial -- A family of humankind: the making and unmaking of a museum of man at the Smithsonian -- Epilogue: Is it possible to see it all?
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Smithsonian Institution -- History.
Smithsonian Institution.
History.
Public history -- United States -- History.
Public history.
United States.
Museum exhibits -- Political aspects -- United States.
Museum exhibits -- Political aspects.
Museum exhibits.
United States -- Cultural policy.
Cultural policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Walker, William S., 1978- Living exhibition. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013 (DLC) 2013009434
ISBN 9781613762691 (electronic book)
1613762690 (electronic book)
1625340265
9781625340269
9781625340252 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1625340257

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