Do museums still need objects?

Resource Information

The work Do museums still need objects? represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Do museums still need objects?

Statement of responsibility

Steven Conn

Creator

• Conn, Steven

Subject

• Art objects
• Art objects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Cultural property
• Cultural property -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• History
• Kulturerbe
• Museum
• Museum
• Museum
• Museum exhibits
• Museum exhibits -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Museums
• Museums -- Collection management
• Museums -- Collection management -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Museums -- Political aspects
• Museums -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Museums -- Social aspects
• Museums -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Museums -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Soziale Funktion
• Soziale Funktion
• USA
• USA
• USA
• USA -- Museum -- Geschichte 1960-2008
• United States
• Wissensvermittlung
• 1900 - 1999

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

Conn ranges across a wide variety of museum types--from art and anthropology to science and commercial museums--asking questions about the relationship between museums and knowledge, about the connection between culture and politics, about the role of museums in representing non-Western societies, and about public institutions and the changing nature of their constituencies

Member of

• Arts and intellectual life in modern America

Cataloging source

DLC

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

AM11

LC item number

.C63 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The arts and intellectual life in modern America