Walker, William S.,

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


United States--Cultural policy.

Q11 / W177 L 2013