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U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation: Never Neutral book cover

1st Edition

U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation Never Neutral

Edited By Laura Schiavo Copyright 2024
292 Pages 7 Color & 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

292 Pages 7 Color & 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

292 Pages 7 Color & 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation is the first collection to examine the history of museums in the United States through the lens of the political and ideological underpinnings at the heart of exhibitions, collecting, and programming. Including contributions from historians, art historians, anthropologists, academics, and museum professionals, the book argues that... Read more

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Laura Schiavo

1. Indigeneity and Empire in William Clark’s Museum of Indian Curiosities, c. 1816–1835

Lisa Strong

2. "As an Adjunct to the Documents": The Purpose and Politics of Nineteenth-Century History Collections

Laura Schiavo

3. Collecting Lincoln: Osborn H. Oldroyd and His Lincoln Memorial Collection, in the House Where Lincoln Died

Sara Bhatia and David McKenzie

4. Media Technologies and Salvage Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution: An Exploration of Archival Documents and Museum Power Relations

Diana E. Marsh, Peyton Moriarty, Elena Myers, and Joshua A. Bell

5. Early 20th-Century Museums of Technology and Industry: Linking Progress to Capitalism

Steven Lubar

6. The Witte Museum and Frontiers of Public History: Building Stories of Anglo Supremacy, 1920s–1940s

Kathleen Franz and Verónica A. Méndez

7. Vassar Social Museum’s "Great Idea" Challenges a Nation at War to Live Up to Its Ideals

Clarissa J. Ceglio

8. Black Activism and the Museum in the Interwar Period: A Baltimore Case Study

Jennifer P. Kingsley

9. "All the Art Is White": The Flint Institute of Arts and the Movement from Black Power to Black Lives Matter

Andrea A. Burns

10. Persistence in Error: Science, Society, and the U.S. Museum in an Age of Urgency

Sarah J. Chicone and Richard A. Kissel

11. Tribal Museums as Domains of Sovereignty

Courtney Cottrell

12. Native Hawaiians and the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Historical Reckoning, Truth-telling, and Healing

Halena Kapuni-Reynolds and Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu

Index

Biography

Laura Schiavo is an Associate Professor of Museum Studies at George Washington University.

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