Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations Format: Paperback

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Topic: Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Museum Studies, General, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General Item Width: 6 in Item Length: 9 in ISBN: 9780874749533 Publication Year: 1990 Language: English Intended Audience: General/trade Format: Trade Paperback Item Height: 0.6 in Item Weight: 11 Oz Narrative Type: book Book Title: Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations gtin13: 9780874749533 Type: book Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press Genre: Travel, Art Author: Stephen E. Weil Number of Pages: 201 Pages

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In these 19 insightful and frequently witty meditations, Stephen E. Weil examines the purposes and functions of the museum in the late 20th century, proposing museums make encounters with a variety of visitors more central to their operation.