Research Catalog

Title

Riches, rivals, and radicals : a history of museums in the United States / Marjorie Schwarzer.

Author

Schwarzer, Marjorie, 1957-

Publication

• Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
• ©2020

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

American Alliance of Museums.

Description

vii, 283 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

"Since it was first published in 2006, 'Riches, Rivals and Radicals' has been the go-to text for introductory museum studies courses. It is also of great value to professionals as well as museum lovers who want to learn the stories behind how and why these institutions have evolved since the day the first mastodon bones, royal portraits and botanical specimens entered their dusty halls. 0For this third edition, Marjorie Schwarzer has mined new resources, previously unavailable archives and contemporary trends to provide a fresh look at the challenges and innovations that have shaped museums in the United States. Schwarzer argues that museums are fundamentally optimistic institutions. They build and preserve some of the nation's most extraordinary architecture. They showcase the beauty and promise of new scientific discoveries, historical breakthroughs and artistic creation. They provide places of inspiration and repose. At the same time, museums have succeeded in exposing some of the nation's most painful legacies - racism, inequity, violence - as they strive to be places for healing and reckoning. 0Major additions since the last edition include material on digital curation, emergent exhibitions about civil rights, immersive museum environments, continuing efforts to diversify the field, how museums' role in our increasingly digital society, and a new foreword by American Alliance of Museums President and CEO Laura L. Lott.0Museums new to this edition include the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum"--

Alternative Title

Riches, rivals, & radicals

Subject

• 1900-2099
• Museums > United States > History > 20th century
• Museums > United States > History > 21st century
• Museums > Technological innovations > United States
• Museums > United States > Management
• Museums
• Museums > Management
• Museums > Technological innovations
• United States

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "American Allliance of Museums"--Page facing title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Museums and Society -- The Building: From Ionic to Iconic -- The Collection: From Stockpiling to Taking Stock -- The Exhibition: From Cases to Spaces -- People, Politics, and Money: Making Sense of Museums.

Call Number

JFF 22-888

ISBN

• 1538128063
• 9781538128060

OCLC

1143625284

Author

Schwarzer, Marjorie, 1957- author.

Title

Riches, rivals, and radicals : a history of museums in the United States / Marjorie Schwarzer.

Publisher

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Edition

Third edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

American Alliance of Museums.

Cover Title

Riches, rivals, & radicals

Other Form:

Online version: Schwarzer, Marjorie, 1957- Riches, rivals, and radicals. Third edition. Washington, D.C : American Alliance of Museums Press, 2020 9781538128084 (OCoLC)1197757775

Research Call Number

JFF 22-888