Research Catalog

Title

The marvelous museum : orphans, curiosities & treasures : a Mark Dion project / introduction by Lori Fogarty ; with contributions by D. Graham Burnett ... [et al.].

Author

Dion, Mark, 1961-

Publication

San Francisco : Chronicle Books ; Oakland : Oakland Museum of California, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burnett, D. Graham.
• De Guzman, René, 1964-

Description

127 p. : ill. (some col.); 37 cm. +

Subject

• Dion, Mark, 1961-
• Oakland Museum of California
• Site-specific installations (Art) > California > Oakland
• Museum techniques > California > Oakland

Note

• Issued in connection with an exhibition held Sept. 2010-Mar. 2011, Oakland Museum of California, curated by René de Guzman.
• In clamshell box.
• Seven cards are in a pocket at front of box; seven more are in separate pockets throughout the book.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction / by Lori Fogarty -- Time machine / by René de Guzman -- The irritated cloud / Mark Dion in conversation with Lawrence Weschler -- Epistemology and little bits of paper / by D. Graham Burnett -- California is nothing but an orphanage / by Rebecca Solnit -- Excavated histories of the Oakland Museums / Marjorie Schwarzer and others -- Case studies / M. Rebekah Otto and others -- Appendix of ephemera : a selection of material culture from the museum's archives.

Call Number

JQG 17-722

ISBN

• 9780811874519 (hardcover)
• 0811874516 (hardcover)

LCCN

2010027805

OCLC

555675558

Author

Dion, Mark, 1961-

Title

The marvelous museum : orphans, curiosities & treasures : a Mark Dion project / introduction by Lori Fogarty ; with contributions by D. Graham Burnett ... [et al.].

Imprint

San Francisco : Chronicle Books ; Oakland : Oakland Museum of California, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Dion, Mark, 1961-

Burnett, D. Graham.

De Guzman, René, 1964-

Research Call Number

JQG 17-722