 | Do Museums Still Need Objects? Subjects: Museums -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Museum exhibits -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Museums -- Collection management -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Cultural property -- United States -- History -- 20th century; ; In this broadly conceived study Steven Conn examines the development of American museums across the twentieth century with a historian's attention and a critic's eye. He focuses on an array of museum types and asks illuminating questions about the relationship between museums and American cultural life. Steven Conn is the author of Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the Presence of the Past, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
