[NHCOLL-L:3864] New Museology Book

[Hugh Genoways]

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MUSEUM ORIGINS: READINGS IN EARLY MUSEUM HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY
Edited by Hugh H. Genoways and Mary Anne Andrei
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Museum Origins: Readings in Early Museum History and Philosophy has  
just been released by Left Coast Press, Inc., of Walnut Creek, CA, USA.  
  The book of 344 pages is designed as a reading anthology for students  
of museology and working museum professionals.  The book contains 50  
reading from authors writing from  antiquity to 1925, with an emphasis  
on the period of 1850 to 1925.  The purpose of the book is to provide  
museologists and historians with a broad selection of significant  
historical writings about museums--their origins, philosophies, and  
theories on education and exhibition--to be used as a resource for  
classroom instruction and as a source of inspiration for working  
professionals and scholars interested in the rich history of museums.   
One section is devoted to the philosophy of museums with living  
collections, including zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and  
arboretums.  Another section is devoted to the relationship between  
museums and universities.

Additional information and methods of ordering copies may be found at  
the Left Coast Press, Inc., website at
<http://www.lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=144>.

Sincerely,
Hugh H. Genoways
Co-editor
Mary Anne Andrei
Co-editor


Hugh H. Genoways
Professor Emeritus
University of Nebraska State Museum
W436 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0514

hgenoways1 at unl.edu

Phone: 402-472-2012
FAX: 402-472-8949

Visit the Museum History Journal website at
  <http://www.lcoastpress.com/journal.php?id=6>