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Life on display : revolutionizing U.S. museums of science and natural history in the twentieth century / Karen A. Rader, Victoria E. M. Cain.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resource (pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780226079837
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH70 .L544 2014
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Contents:
"A vision of the future": the new museum idea and display reform, 1890-1915 -- The drama of the diorama, 1910-1935 -- Displays in motion: experimentation and stagnation in exhibition, 1925-1940 -- Diversifying displays, diverging museums: postwar life science education, 1941-1956 -- "An investment in the future of America": competing pedagogies in post-sputnik museums, 1957-1969 -- The exploratorium effect: redefining relevance and interactive display, 1969- 980 -- From diversity to standardization: edutainment and engagement in museums at the end of the century, 1976-2005.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction QH70.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn889813289

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: the mission of display -- "A vision of the future": the new museum idea and display reform, 1890-1915 -- The drama of the diorama, 1910-1935 -- Displays in motion: experimentation and stagnation in exhibition, 1925-1940 -- Diversifying displays, diverging museums: postwar life science education, 1941-1956 -- "An investment in the future of America": competing pedagogies in post-sputnik museums, 1957-1969 -- The exploratorium effect: redefining relevance and interactive display, 1969- 980 -- From diversity to standardization: edutainment and engagement in museums at the end of the century, 1976-2005.

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