A new, refereed international publication of critical evaluative histories relating to museums, to be published semi-annually by Left Coast Press, Inc., beginning in 2008. The term "museum" will be interpreted to include not only a broad range of museum types, including natural history, anthropology, archaeology, fine art, history, medical, and science and technology, but also related cultrual institutions, such as aquaria, zoos, botanical gardens, arboreta, historical societies and sites, architectural sites, archives, and planetariums. A variety of scholarly approaches, such as analytical, narrative, historical, cultural, social, quantitative, and intellectual, are anticipated. UPCOMING ISSUE, SPRING 2010 - VOL. 3, NO. 1, Table of Contents:
Feature ARTICLES “In Fact, One Cannot See It Without Laughing” The Spectacle of the Kangaroo in London, 1770–1830 CHRISTOPHER PLUMB American Memory on
the Abolition of the Slave Trade Is There Common Ground in American Museums PHYLLIS K. LEFFLER Reinstalling Mrs.
Ward’s Corner Cupboard Narrative and Display in a Colonial Revival House Museum SARAH ANNE CARTER The Missionary
Exhibit A Frustration and a Promise for Franz Boas and the American Museum
of Natural History ERIN L. HASINOFF BOOK REVIEWS Modern Nature: The
Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany, by Lynn Nyhart, Reviewed by
VASSILIKI BETTY SMOCOVITIS Cabinets for the
Curious: Looking Back at Early English Museums, by Ken Arnold, Reviewed by
KATY BARRETT Collecting
Sculpture in Early Modern Europe, edited by Nicholas Penny and Eike D.
Schmidt, Reviewed by JESSICA BOEHMAN Transforming
Images: New Mexican Santos In-Between Worlds, by Claire Farago and Donna
Pierce, with other contributors, Reviewed by CHARLES BENNETT Museum Origins:
Readings In Early Museum Philosophy, edited by Hugh H. Genoways and Mary Anne
Andrei, Reviewed by CARIN JACOBS SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS!
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