Am. Assoc. of Museums
Titles appearing in Art Book News Annual — January 2007
Riches, rivals, & radicals; 100 years of museums in America.
Schwarzer, Marjorie.
Am. Assoc. of Museums, ©2006 263 p. $40.00 AM11
978-1-933253-05-3
This richly illustrated, oversize (9x11.5 inches) volume presents a lively history of the museum in America, with special attention given to natural history and other educational museums such as the Smithsonian. Chapters are included on museum architecture, the history of collecting, sources of funding, and audience. Schwarzer teaches museum studies at John F. Kennedy U., California. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
Vitalizing memory; international perspectives on provenance research.
Am. Assoc. of Museums, ©2005 188 p. $35.00 N3999
1-933253-02-9
Tracking provenance — finding the history and movement of art and cultural property — must be international, because works move across borders. Museum professionals from the US and eastern and western Europe who specialize in provenance gathered for a colloquium in Washington, DC in November 2004 to exchange views, with an emphasis on issues surrounding World War II. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
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