The Emergence of the Modern Museum: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Sources

by Jonah Siegel

Book Overview

The Emergence of the Modern Museum, a unique compendium of original sources, presents a detailed and dynamic account of the development of the museum and its practices in Britain during a crucial period of formation. From poignant recollections of visits to stately homes to charged debates about the acquisition of the Elgin Marbles or the establishment of an Indian Museum; from early catalogue entries describing the curiosities discovered by Captain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199733570
• ISBN13: 9780199733576
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"