Museum Piece An Unusual Collection
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Offbeat Museums
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Author : Saul Rubin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Offbeat Museums written by Saul Rubin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Curiosities and wonders categories.
Offbeat Museums contains profiles of the curators and collections of America's most unusual museums. From the Banana Museum in California to the Tragedy in U.S. History Museum in Florida, Saul Rubin takes you on a guided tour of the United States' strangest institutions, and introduces you to the offbeat people who run them. Included among the places you will visit are: Cockroach Hall of Fame The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Mister Ed's Elephant Museum The Museum of Jurassic Technology The Mütter Museum Houdini Historical Center UFO Enigma Museum The Museum of Menstruation Nut Museum 50 museums in all! In the age of cable television and the World Wide Web it's easy to smugly believe that we've seen it all. Such institutions as the Museum of Death, the Museum of Bathroom Tissue, and the Glore Psychiatric Museum suggest otherwise. By stepping outside the mainstream, these offbeat museums meet and even surpass the promise of more traditional museums: To amaze, inspire and enlighten the public. So turn off the TV, log off the Net, and letOffbeat Museums take you on a journey of unexpected wonder and discovery!
Hidden Treasures
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Author : Harriet Baskas
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Hidden Treasures written by Harriet Baskas and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Travel categories.
While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country, visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution’s collections. Most museums simply don’t have room to display everything they’ve got. However, there are a wide variety of surprising and intriguing reasons that, for example, the Smithsonian Institution doesn’t display its collection of condoms, Florida's Lightner Museum locks up all but one of its shrunken heads, and a world-class stash of Japanese erotica (shunga) art was kept in the Honolulu Museum of Art's storage until only recently. Each item or collection included in this volume is described and placed in context with stories and interviews that explore the historical, social, cultural, political, environmental, or other circumstances that led to keeping that object or group of objects out of public view--the ultimate museum buff's voyeuristic experience. Color photographs of the artifacts are included.
New Original And Complete Wonderful Museum And Magazine Extraordinary
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1807
New Original And Complete Wonderful Museum And Magazine Extraordinary written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1807 with Curiosities and wonders categories.
Natural Histories
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Author : American Museum of Natural History
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Natural Histories written by American Museum of Natural History and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Illustrated books categories.
Highlights 40 masterworks of illustrated scientific art from the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.
Directory Of Unique Museums
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Author : Bill Truesdell
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1985
Directory Of Unique Museums written by Bill Truesdell and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Art categories.
Extraordinary Museums Of Southeast Asia
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Author : Kristin Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2001-05-01
Extraordinary Museums Of Southeast Asia written by Kristin Kelly and has been published by Harry N. Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-01 with Travel categories.
Every year millions of people travel to Southeast Asia for business or pleasure. Here, in one handy paperback volume, they can find a beautifully illustrated guide to 30 of the region's most interesting and unusual museums. Encompassing art, history, ethnographic, and military collections, and ranging from the national museums of Cambodia and Malaysia to relatively unknown treasures such as the Tribal Museum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, these repositories reflect the rich diversity in the cultural heritage of the area. All of the museums are located in major cities or at archaeological sites frequently visited by tourists. Along with a map showing the location of each museum, travelers will find addresses, telephone numbers, and days and hours of admission. The accessible format and compact size makes this the practical guidebook for tourists, while the engaging and informed text serves as a lively introduction to the culture, art, and history of this vibrant region.
The Passionate Collector
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Author : Roy R. Neuberger
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2003-05-13
The Passionate Collector written by Roy R. Neuberger and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-13 with Business & Economics categories.
"Few living persons have served the Metropolitan Museum of Art-indeed, the entire world of art and art museums-longer, or with more distinction, than Roy Neuberger. A man of taste, passion, persistence, and generosity, he has shared much of his great private collection with the public, and for generations has supported activities that bring people to museums, and motivate them to return again and again. Now, this giant of a man has recorded eighty years of his life-and the result is entertaining, illuminating, and, like the tireless gentleman himself, inspiring." -Philippe de Montebello, Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Equal to his passion for investing is Roy Neuberger's love for art-which he has collected and encouraged for eight decades. In The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art, you'll follow this fascinating financial figure and great patron of the arts from the streets of 1920s Paris to the museums of New York as he develops the eye of a connoisseur and begins to collect great contemporary art. Vivid detail puts you in the center of the action as Neuberger collects the brilliant artists of his time-Milton Avery, Jackson Pollock, Ben Shahn, Edward Hopper; works with legendary art dealers Paul Rosenberg, Betty Parsons, Sidney Janis, and Leo Castelli; and befriends avid collectors, including the incomparable Duncan Phillips. You'll follow Neuberger as he strives to further the cause of contemporary American artists by exhibiting, lending, and donating from his growing collection, and becoming an activist for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney. You'll also see how the Neuberger Museum of Art was created at the urging of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and how it continues to fascinate art enthusiasts today. Part personal memoir, part history of art, The Passionate Collector offers a unique view of twentieth-century American art from a man who has lived it.
Photography Natural History And The Nineteenth Century Museum
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Author : Kathleen Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-02
Photography Natural History And The Nineteenth Century Museum written by Kathleen Davidson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-02 with Photography categories.
The Victorian era heralded an age of transformation in which momentous changes in the field of natural history coincided with the rise of new visual technologies. Concurrently, different parts of the British Empire began to more actively claim their right to being acknowledged as indispensable contributors to knowledge and the progress of empire. This book addresses the complex relationship between natural history and photography from the 1850s to the 1880s in Britain and its colonies: Australia, New Zealand and, to a lesser extent, India. Coinciding with the rise of the modern museum, photography’s arrival was timely, and it rapidly became an essential technology for recording and publicising rare objects and valuable collections. Also during this period, the medium assumed a more significant role in the professional practices and reputations of naturalists than has been previously recognized, and it figured increasingly within the expanding specialized networks that were central to the production and dissemination of new knowledge. In an interrogation that ranges from the first forays into museum photography and early attempts to document collecting expeditions to the importance of traditional and photographic portraiture for the recognition of scientific discoveries, this book not only recasts the parameters of what we actually identify as natural history photography in the Victorian era but also how we understand the very structure of empire in relation to this genre at that time.
Background Studies Prepared By State Committees For The White House Conference On Aging
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Background Studies Prepared By State Committees For The White House Conference On Aging written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Old age categories.
Supplement To Encyclopaedia Britannica
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
Supplement To Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.