Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations Format: Paperback

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

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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.