Museums: A History

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2016
Author	Author: John E. Simmons
Language	English
Number of Pages	308 pp.
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield
City	Lanham, MD
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Library Type	Museums
Chronological Period	Ancient Period (pre 500) 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 1800-1849 1850-1899 18th century 1900-1949 1950-1999 21st century
ISBN	9781442263628
Annotation	Contents: What is a collection? what is a museum? Hoards and tombs collections in the ancient world (to 700 BCE) The temple of the muses the conjunction of objects and knowledge (classical antiquity, 700 BCE to CE 400) The power of objects medieval collections (400 to 1400) Of cabinets and kings Renaissance collections (1400 to 1600) The museum enlightened 1600 to 1800 Emergence of the modern museum 1800 to 1900 Museums in a world gone awry 1900 to 1970 Learning to read objects (again) the post-postmodern museum