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A living exhibition the Smithsonian and the transformation of the universal museum

Title: A living exhibition [electronic resource] : the Smithsonian and the transformation of the universal museum / William S. Walker.
Author: Walker, William S., 1978-
Publication: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2013]

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Description

1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) : illustrations.

Series Statement

Public history in historical perspective

Uniform Title

Living exhibition (Online)

Alternative Title

Living exhibition (Online)

Subject

Note

Includes index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

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?

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