TY - SER
AU - John E. Simmons
CY - Lanham, MD
LA - English
N1 - <p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>What is a collection? what is a museum? </li><li>Hoards and tombs </li><li>collections in the ancient world (to 700 BCE) The temple of the muses </li><li>the conjunction of objects and knowledge (classical antiquity, 700 BCE to CE 400) The power of objects </li><li>medieval collections (400 to 1400) Of cabinets and kings </li><li>Renaissance collections (1400 to 1600) The museum enlightened </li><li>1600 to 1800 Emergence of the modern museum </li><li>1800 to 1900 Museums in a world gone awry </li><li>1900 to 1970 Learning to read objects (again) </li><li>the post-postmodern museum</li></ul>
PB - Rowman & Littlefield
PP - Lanham, MD
PY - 2016
SN - 9781442263628
EP - 308 pp.
TI - Museums: A History
ER -