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Life on display : revolutionizing U.S. museums of science and natural history in the twentieth century
- Title
- Life on display : revolutionizing U.S. museums of science and natural history in the twentieth century / Karen A. Rader, Victoria E.M. Cain.
- Author
- Rader, Karen A. (Karen Ann), 1967-
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Cain, Victoria E. M., 1974-
- Description
- xiv, 467 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Natural history museums > United States > Exhibitions > History
- Science museums > United States > Exhibitions > History
- Museum exhibits > United States > History
- Museum techniques > United States > History
- Displays in education > History
- 02.30 museology
- Displays in education
- Museum exhibits
- Museum techniques
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-447) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The mission of display -- "A vision of the future" : the new museum idea and display reform, 1890-1915 -- The drama of the diorama, 1910-1935 -- Displays in motion : experimentation and stagnation in exhibition, 1925-1940 -- Diversifying displays, diverging museums : postwar life science education, 1941-1956 -- "An investment in the future of America" : competing pedagogies in post-sputnik museums, 1957-1969 -- The exploratorium effect : redefining relevance and interactive display, 1969- 1980 -- From diversity to standardization : endutainment and engagement in museums at the end of the century, 1976-2005.
- ISBN
- 9780226079660
- 022607966X
- 9780226079837 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014008021
- 40024125150
- OCLC
- ocn871965955
- 871965955
- SCSB-1882148
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library