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Museum Masters

Their Museums and Their Influence

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Museum Masters

Their Museums and Their Influence

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Alexander brings to life the stories of twelve ambitious leaders from the United States and Europe who helped shape the future of the museum world.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: The New Museum
Chapter 2 Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum: From Collection of Curiosites to National Treasure
Chapter 3 Charles Wilson Peale and His Philadelphia Museum: The Concept of the Popular Museum
Chapter 4 Dominique Vivant Denon and the Louvre of Napoleon: The Art Museum as Symbol of National Glory
Chapter 5 William Jackson Hooker and the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew: The Botanical Garden
Chapter 6 Henry Cole and the South Kensington (Victoria and Albert) Museum: The Museum of Decorative Art
Chapter 7 Ann Pamela Cunningham and Washington's Mount Vernon: The Historic House Museum
Chapter 8 Wilhelm Bode and Berlin's Museum Island: The Museum of World Art
Chapter 9 Artur Hazelius and Skansen: The Open Air Museum
Chapter 10 George Brown Goode and the Smithsonian Museums: A National Museum of Cultural History
Chapter 11 Carl Hagenbeck and His Stellingen Tierpark: The Moated Zoo
Chapter 12 Oskar von Miller and the Deutsches Museum: The Museum of Science and Technology
Chapter 13 John Cotton Dana and the Newark Museum: The Museum of Community Service

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Published Jan 26 1996
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 448
ISBN 9780761991311
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 232 x 155 mm
Series American Association for State and Local History
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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