Exhibiting Dilemmas
Issues of Representation at the Smithsonian
Published on 17. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-1-56098-444-3 (ISBN)
Description
In twelve essays on such diverse Smithsonian Institution holdings as the Hope Diamond, the Wright Flyer, wooden Zuni carvings, and the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth lunch counter that became a symbol of the Civil Rights movement, Exhibiting Dilemmas explores a wide range of social, political, and ethical questions faced by museum curators in their roles as custodians of culture.
Focusing on the challenges posed by the transformation of exhibitions from object-driven "cabinets of curiosities" to idea-driven sources of education and entertainment, the contributors-all Smithsonian staff members-provide a lively and sometimes provocative discussion of the increasingly complex enterprise of acquiring and displaying objects in a museum setting.
Focusing on the challenges posed by the transformation of exhibitions from object-driven "cabinets of curiosities" to idea-driven sources of education and entertainment, the contributors-all Smithsonian staff members-provide a lively and sometimes provocative discussion of the increasingly complex enterprise of acquiring and displaying objects in a museum setting.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
50 B&W PHOTOS
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56098-444-3 (9781560984443)
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Amy Henderson, a cultural historian at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, is the author of On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting and coauthor of Red, Hot, & Blue: A Smithsonian Salute to the American Musical.
Adrienne L. Kaeppler is curator of oceanic ethnology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the author, most recently, of Oceanic Art.
Adrienne L. Kaeppler is curator of oceanic ethnology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the author, most recently, of Oceanic Art.