Life on Display : Revolutionizing U.S. Museums of Science and Natural History in the Twentieth Century /

Rich with archival detail and compelling characters, Life on Display uses the history of biological exhibitions to analyze museums' shifting roles in twentieth-century American science and society. Karen A. Rader and Victoria E. M. Cain chronicle profound changes in these exhibitions-and the in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rader, Karen A. (Autor), Cain, Victoria E. M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Displays in education > History.
Museum exhibits > History > United States.
Museum exhibits > United States > History.
Museum techniques > History > United States.
Museum techniques > United States > History.
Natural history museums > Exhibitions > History > United States.
Natural history museums > United States > Exhibitions > History.
Science museums > Exhibitions > History > United States.
Science museums > United States > Exhibitions > History.
SCIENCE / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Mission of Display
  • 1. "A Vision of the Future": The New Museum Idea and Display Reform, 1890-1915
  • 2. The Drama of the Diorama, 1910-1935
  • 3. Displays in Motion: Experimentation and Stagnation in Exhibition, 1925-1940
  • 4. Diversifying Displays, Diverging Museums: Postwar Life Science Education, 1941-1956
  • 5. "An Investment in the Future of America": Competing Pedgogies in Post-Sputnik Museums, 1957-1969
  • 6. The Exploratorium Effect: Redefining Relevance and Interactive Display, 1969-1980
  • 7. From Diversity to Standardization: Edutainment and Engagement in Museums at the End of the Century, 1976-2005
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic Essay on Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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