Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums (American Association for State and Local History)

Alexander, Edward P.

ISBN 10: 0761991557 / ISBN 13: 9780761991557

Published by AltaMira Press, 1979

About this Item

Readable condition with clear signs of use. May contain notes, highlights, lack the dust jacket or extras like CDs, access codes or inserts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums (American Association for State and Local History)
• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761991557
• ISBN 13: 9780761991557
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: fair

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Synopsis

This primary text on museum history examines the rise of museums since the eighteenth century in the fields of science, art, and history.

Review

What a joy it is to have a new edition of Museums in Motion. Mary Alexander has done her father, Edward Alexander, and the museum profession proud with her skillful reworking and polishing of one of the central texts in American museology. This work is ripe with insight that will educate the novice and challenge and inspire the most seasoned cultural worker. Ultimately Museums in Motion is both a wonderfully written history of museum practices and a clarion call that reminds us of the changing environment that museums face today.--Lonnie Bunch, Founding Director, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Smithsonian Institution

The revised edition of Museums in Motion will extend the useful life of an invaluable text for decades. Shining through the original text was respect for museums of the past, as well as insights about how they have shaped us, as museum workers, and our institutions. This quality continues in the new edition, with important updates, especially about the public dimension of museums and the impact of electronic tools on museums' missions, operations, and interpretation.--Rosemary T. Krill, Senior Curator of Education, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, and Instructor in the Museum Studies Program, University of

Mary Alexander's updated version of her father's 1979 text is a long-awaited and much-welcome addition to the literature of museum mtudies.--Aldona Sendzikas, professor of history and museum studies, University of Western Ontario