A living exhibition : the Smithsonian and the transformation of the universal museum /
William S. Walker.
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013
- 291 p. : ill.
- Public history in historical perspective .
Includes index.
Introduction: the changing universal museum -- The universal museum: shaping cultural exhibition at the Smithsonian -- History and technology: a new museum, a new era -- Open education: the Festival of American Folklife and the transformation of space at the Smithsonian -- Inclusion or separation? The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and the Festival of American Folklife's American Indian programs -- Finding national unity through cultural diversity: the Smithsonian and the Bicentennial -- A family of humankind: the making and unmaking of a museum of man at the Smithsonian -- Epilogue: Is it possible to see it all? HKBU library
YT2025 M10
9781625340269 9781625340252
Smithsonian Institution--History.
Museum exhibits--Political aspects--United States. Public history--History.--United States