Museum Studies

"Combining important historical texts, classic critical analyses, and current commentary on the museum, this anthology is a unique resource for Museum Studies. It is especially useful in assembling sophisticated discussions of many kinds of institutions, including museums of art, history, anthropology, and natural history." Bruce Altshuler, New York University "The rich diversity of contexts and commentaries in this collection reveals the fascination of the museum not only for curators and museologists, but also for anthropologists, architects, politicians, historians, critics, and poets. The breadth of the survey is a timely reminder that the condition of our museums is and has always been a barometer of social attitudes and change." Helen Rees Leahy, University of Manchester

Bettina Messias Carbonell has recently joined the faculty of the Department of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Prior to this she taught interdisciplinary seminars in visual cultures, museum studies, American studies, aesthetics, and ethics at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She also taught in the Graduate Program in American Studies / Museum and Communities concentration at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.

General Introduction: Museum / Studies And The Eccentric Space Of An Anthology. Acknowledgements. Part I: Museology: A Collection Of Contexts:. Editors Introduction. 1. Foreword: Germain Bazin (Late Of Lcole Du Louvre). 2. The Museum: Its Classical Etymology And Renaissance Genealogy: Paula Findlen (Stanford University). 3. The Universal Survey Museum: Carol Duncan And Alan Wallach (Ramapo College; College Of William And Mary). 4. Brain Of The Earths Body: Museums And The Framing Of Modernity: Donald Preziosi (University Of California, Los Angeles). 5. The Museum Refuses To Stand Still: Kenneth Hudson (Late, Independent Scholar). 6. The Mirror And The Tomb: Africa, Museums, And Memory: Franoise Lionnet (University Of California, Los Angeles). 7. Seeing Through Solidity: A Feminist Perspective On Museums: Gaby Porter: (Independent Scholar). 8. Museums Of Human Suffering And The Struggle For Human Rights: Terence M. Duffy (University Of Ulster). Meditation. 9. At The Holocaust Museum: Alice Friman (Independent Scholar). Part II: States Of Nature In The Museum:. Natural History, Anthropology, Ethnology. Editors Introduction. 10. To The Citizens Of The United States Of America: Charles Willson Peale (Late, Philadelphia Museum). 11. Letter Of 1863 To Mr. Thomas G. Cary: Louis Agassiz (Late Of Harvard University). 12. The Development Of Ethnological Museums: Robert Goldwater (Late Of The City University Of New York And New York University). 13. Museums Of Ethnology And Their Classification: Franz Boas (Late Of Columbia University). 14. The Constitution Of Nature: Taxonomy As Politics In Jefferson, Peale, And Bartram: Christopher Looby (University Of California, Los Angeles). 15. Magnificent Intentions: Washington, D.C., And American Anthropology In 1846: Curtis Hinsley (Northern Arizona University). 16. Ethnology: A Science On Display: Fabrice Grognet (Muse De lHomme). 17. Ambiguous Messages And Ironic Twists: Into The Heart Of Africa And The Other Museum: Enid Schildkrout (American Museum Of National History, New York, And Columbia University). 18. Thinking And Doing Otherwise: Anthropological Theory In Exhibitionary Practice: Mary Bouquet (University Of Utrecht). 19. Museum Matters: Gyan Prakash (Princeton University). Meditation. 20. What White Publishers Wont Print: Zora Neale Hurston (Late, Independent Scholar). Part III: The Status Of Nations And The Museum:. Editors Introduction. 21. Selections From On The Museum Of Art (Introductory Addresses On The Science And Art Department And The South Kensington Museum, Delivered 1857): J.C. Robinson (Late, Independent Scholar). 22. Museums And The Formation Of National And Cultural Identities: Annie E. Coombes (Birkbeck College, University Of London). 23. Fracturing The Imperial Mind: Eleanor Heartney (Independent Scholar). 24. Presidential Address To The Museums Association, Maidstone Conference, 1909: Henry Balfour (Late Of Pitt-Rivers Museum And University Museum, Oxford). 25. Picturing Feminism, Selling Liberalism: The Case Of The Disappearing Holbein: Jordanna Bailkin (University Of Washington). 26. The Architectural Museum From Worlds Fair To Restoration Village: Edward N. Kaufman (Independent Scholar). 27. Addresses On The Occasion Of The Opening Of The American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, NYC : Robert W. De Forest, Grosvenor Atterbury, Elihu Root. 28. Telling The Story Of America: Elizabeth Broun (Smithsonian American Art Museum). 29. Some Thoughts About National Museums At The End Of The Century: Roger G. Kennedy (Independent Scholar). Meditation. 30. The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford: James Fenton (Poet). Part IV: Locating History In The Museum:. Editors Introduction. 31. Local Museums: Sir William Henry Flower (Late Of Anthropological Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland). 32. Memory, Distortion And History In The Museum: S