Author: Orosz, Joel J.
Title: Curators and Culture : The Museum Movement in America, 1740-1870
Description: Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama Press, 1990. Hardcover. Orange cloth-bound boards with title printed on spine and illustrated glossy dustjacket. 304pp. Orosz researched ten museums founded prior to 1870, using primary sources. Those chosen comprised a geographically diverse sample of pre-1870 American museums and covered a range of disciplines, among them art, history, and natural sciences.. Orosz demonstrates that the early museums had worked out the basic form of the American museum by 1870--that is, an institution that simultaneously promotes scholarly research and delivers popular eduction. VG+ .

Keywords: American Art ; American Art Museums ; ; General Art - American


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