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hi John, I like Karsten Schubert's The Curator's Egg on the history of museums.  You might also take a look at Steven Conn's Do Museums Still Need Objects.  And on the origins of conservation, try the article by Andrew McClellan, Raphael's Folio Madonna at the Louvre in 1800, in Art Journal 54:2.  cheers, Maris


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Maris Gillette PhD
Professor of Museum Studies & Community History
Museum Studies Program, History Department University of Missouri-St. Louis
Saint Louis MO
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I loved Riches, Rivals, and Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America by Marjorie Schwarzer (a large-format richly illustrated publication from AAM) and Steven Conn's Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926. They both give you a sweeping overview of the history of museums in America, rooted in concrete examples. Then there are lots of great edited anthologies that offer more focused perspectives but I found these the most helpful in terms of general background.

--Andrea

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Andrea Fabry
Senior Manager, Institutional Gifts
Morgan Library & Museum
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-30-2014 11:22 AM
From: Maris Gillette
Subject: books on history of museums

hi John, I like Karsten Schubert's The Curator's Egg on the history of museums.  You might also take a look at Steven Conn's Do Museums Still Need Objects.  And on the origins of conservation, try the article by Andrew McClellan, Raphael's Folio Madonna at the Louvre in 1800, in Art Journal 54:2.  cheers, Maris


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Maris Gillette PhD
Professor of Museum Studies & Community History
Museum Studies Program, History Department University of Missouri-St. Louis
Saint Louis MO
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