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 Sherman Library  QH70.U6 R33 2014    AVAILABLE  
Author Rader, Karen A. (Karen Ann), 1967- author.
Title Life on display : revolutionizing U.S. museums of science and natural history in the twentieth century / Karen A. Rader, Victoria E.M. Cain.
OCLC 871965955
ISBN 9780226079660 (cloth : alk. paper)
022607966X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226079837 (e-book)
Publisher Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Description xiv, 467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
LC Subject heading/s Natural history museums -- United States -- Exhibitions -- History.
Science museums -- United States -- Exhibitions -- History.
Museum exhibits -- United States -- History.
Museum techniques -- United States -- History.
Displays in education -- History.
Natural history -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-447) and index.
Contents Introduction: the mission of display -- "A vision of the future" : the new museum idea and display reform, 1890-1915 -- The drama of the diorama, 1910-1935 -- Displays in motion : experimentation and stagnation in exhibition, 1925-1940 -- Diversifying displays, diverging museums : postwar life science education, 1941-1956 -- "An investment in the future of America" : competing pedagogies in post-Sputnik museums, 1957-1969 -- The exploratorium effect : redefining relevance and interactive display, 1969-1980 -- From diversity to standardization : edutainment and engagement in museums at the end of the century, 1976-2005.
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